Arabic vocabulary
How to say “diminished” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
مَبْخُوسٌ حَظُّهُ مِنَ الْمَعْقُولِ،
He is diminished; his share of reason is small.
مَبْخُوسٌ — diminished. A passive participle, 'diminished/short-changed', describing the subject as one who has had something taken from him. The passive participle names the receiver of an action as a standing quality, so it casts him as acted-upon rather than acting. It opens the sentence as his description.
From: Ignoring God's Guidance →OpenArabic teaches words like مَبْخُوسٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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