Arabic vocabulary
رَاوِدِيentice in Arabic
رَاوِدِي is how you say “entice” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فمن المختارين يوسف النبي صاح الهوى يا زليخا راودي والعبي،
Among the chosen is the prophet Joseph. Desire called out, 'O Zuleikha, entice and play!'
رَاوِدِي — entice. This is a command directed at a woman, with the feminine -i ending that marks an order given to a female. Arabic builds commands by stripping the verb to a bare imperative and signals the gender of the one ordered through that ending.
From: The Story of Prophet Joseph →
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