Arabic vocabulary
أَنِيقًاelegant
How to say “elegant” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
كَانَ اِبْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ أَنِيقًا فِي مَظْهَرِهِ نَزْهًا نَظِيفًا، مُتَنَعِّمًا فِي مَعِيشَتِهِ،
Ibn al-Jawzi was elegant in his appearance, modest and clean, and enjoyed the comforts of his life,
أَنِيقًا — elegant. An adjective, 'elegant', serving as the description that the 'was' verb assigns; it wears the object-style case because that verb governs its predicate into that case. So Arabic marks 'he was elegant' partly through the ending on this word.
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