Arabic vocabulary
How to say “dry” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
تُعرَض عليه الأعمال يوم القيامة لا كأرقام جافّة، بل كصورٍ ومعانٍ حية لها ثِقَلٌ وحضور
Actions are presented on it on the Day of Judgment not as dry numbers, but as living images and meanings with weight and presence.
جَافَّةٍ — dry. 'dry', adjective on 'numbers', agreeing as indefinite genitive — 'dry, lifeless numbers'. Case agreement binds it to 'numbers'.
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