Arabic vocabulary
حَسَدٌenvy in Arabic
حَسَدٌ is how you say “envy” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
اختار آدم فغلبت القلوب بالحسد،
He chose Adam, and hearts were overwhelmed with envy.
بِالْحَسَدِ — with envy. A 'with' preposition is fused to the front, marking the cause or means, and it forces the noun into the 'of' ending. The 'the' makes envy definite, and the link frames it as what the hearts were overwhelmed by.
From: Adam and the Rebel →
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