Arabic vocabulary
تَبَعِيَّةdependency in Arabic
تَبَعِيَّة is how you say “dependency” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
تقول لا إلهَ إلا الله فتقطعُ تبعيّةَ القلب لِما سوى الله، ثم تُترجمها فعلًا تُقدِّم أمرَه على رغبتك
You say: 'There is no god but Allah' and cut the heart's dependency on anything besides Allah, then translate it into action: you prioritize His command over your desire.
تَبَعِيَّةَ — dependency. 'the dependence of', accusative as the object of 'cut', and head of an 'of' pairing with 'the heart' — 'the heart's clinging'. The -iyya builds the abstract 'being-a-follower'.
From: Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart →
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