Arabic vocabulary
شَّيْطَانِdevil in Arabic
شَّيْطَانِ is how you say “devil” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَلِلنِّسَاءِ حَبَائِلُ الشَّيْطَانِ الْمَكَّارِ،
Among women, and for women, are the snares of the crafty devil.
الشَّيْطَانِ — the devil. Carries al- ('the') and completes 'snares of the devil' as the owner of the chain, so it takes the genitive ending. It names whose snares these are. The definiteness marks the devil as a specific, known figure.
From: This World Is Short →
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