Arabic vocabulary
سَكَنَ is how you say “dwell” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فصل إيّاك والمعاصي فإنها أزالت عزّ اسجدوا، وأخرجت إقطاع اسكن يا آدم
Beware of sins, for they removed the honor of 'bow down,' and expelled the estate of 'dwell, O Adam.'
اسْكُنْ — 'dwell'. A command 'dwell!, settle!' to 'you' (singular); quoted from the address to Adam.
From: Adam's Descent →OpenArabic teaches words like سَكَنَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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