Arabic vocabulary
مُتْلِفdestroy in Arabic
مُتْلِف is how you say “destroy” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فداو سقما بجسم أَنْت متلفه وأبرد غراما بقلب أَنْت مضرمه
Cure an ailment with the body you are destroying... and cool down a flame with the heart you are igniting.
مُتْلِفُهُ — are destroying it. An active participle 'destroyer' with '-hu' (it) attached as its object, the predicate — 'its destroyer'. A participle doing verb-work: 'you are the one destroying it'; the suffix points to the body.
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