Arabic vocabulary
سَيِّمَاespecially in Arabic
سَيِّمَا is how you say “especially” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَلَا سَيِّمَا مِمَّنْ لَا يَكَادُ يَعْرِفُ كَلَامَ الْعَرَبِ جَيِّدًا،
And especially those who hardly know Arabic well,
سَيِّمَا — especially. The second piece of the fixed phrase 'especially / above all'. With the preceding 'wa-la' it singles out a particular subgroup for emphasis; the whole expression narrows the previous statement to the people described next.
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