Arabic vocabulary
غَرْقِ is how you say “drowning” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فَحُفِظَ مِنَ الْغَرْقِ وَسُلِمَ مِنَ الطُّوفَانِ
So it was preserved from drowning and saved from the flood.
الْغَرْقِ — the drowning. An action-noun ('the drowning') made definite by 'al-', sitting in the genitive ending under the preceding 'from'. It names the danger that was avoided, the thing preservation kept the subject clear of.
From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →OpenArabic teaches words like غَرْقِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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