Arabic vocabulary
سَيِّئevil
How to say “evil” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَكَانَ عَاقًّا سَيِّئًا الْطِّبَاعِ،
He was disobedient and of bad character.
سَيِّئًا — bad. A describing word that heads a tight pairing with the noun after it, meaning 'bad of ...'; on its own it is incomplete and waits for that noun. Its accusative ending continues the 'he was ...' frame from the verb two words back. So it is both a complement of 'was' and the opener of a quality phrase.
From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →
Learn Arabic vocabulary in context
OpenArabic teaches words like سَيِّئ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
Get the app