Arabic vocabulary
How to say “drowned” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
ثم بنى لأهل الصلاح ذاتُ ألواحٍ وُدسرٍ فسلموا وغنموا وبحر الباقون كالجزر،
Then He built for the people of righteousness a vessel of planks and nails; they were saved and prospered, while the rest were submerged like the ebbing tide,
وَبَحَرَ — and drowned. The attached connector here pivots to a contrast, turning to the opposite fate. The verb is past-tense with its own subject, reporting the drowning that befell the others, set against the salvation of the first group.
From: Rain and God's Decree →OpenArabic teaches words like بَحَرَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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