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إِسْرَافٌ exaggeration in Arabic

إِسْرَافٌ is how you say “exaggeration” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وبيت ماله الكذب والإسراف في المدح والهجو والتشبيه والنعوت والحماسة،

And its stock-in-trade consists of lies, exaggeration in praise, satire, similes, descriptions, and boasting,

وَالْإِسْرَافُ and the exaggeration

Joined by 'wa-', this shares the predicate role, listing a second ingredient: 'excess / going too far'. It is a verbal noun in the nominative, matching the noun it is coordinated with. The link word strings it into the catalogue.

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