Arabic vocabulary

اغْتِرَارdeception in Arabic

اغْتِرَار is how you say “deception” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

غير أنه زينها وطفل الهوى ذو اغترار،
Yet, He adorned it, and the child of desire is prone to deception,
اغْتِرَارٍ — deception. An abstract noun in the genitive because it is owned by the 'possessed-of' word just before it, completing 'possessed of deception'. The lack of 'the' marks it as indefinite, presenting deception as a general trait rather than one specific instance, which is how Arabic conveys 'prone to deception'.
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