Arabic vocabulary
غَمّ is how you say “distress” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فيبصرهم الناظر، ويسمعهم الداعي، وتدنوا منهم الشمس، فيبلغ الناس من الغم والكرب ما لا يطيقون ولا يحتملون ،
The onlooker will be able to see all of them, and the caller will be able to make all of them hear, and the sun will come near them, so the people will reach a level of distress and anxiety they cannot bear or endure.
الْغَمِّ — distress. A noun made definite by al- 'the', in the genitive because the preposition before it governs that ending. It names one source of the suffering, treated as a known, definite category by its al-.
From: The Prophet's Intercession →OpenArabic teaches words like غَمّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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