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تَأْدِيبُ discipline in Arabic

تَأْدِيبُ is how you say “discipline” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَهُوَ غَرِيزَةً لَا يَنْفَعُهَا التَّأْدِيبُ،

So it is an instinct that discipline does not benefit it.

التَّأْدِيبُ discipline

This noun is the delayed subject of the preceding verb: it is discipline that does the (non-)benefiting. Its al- makes it definite and its nominative ending marks it as the doer. Sitting after its verb is standard Arabic word order, not an afterthought.

From On Foolishness and Wisdom

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