Arabic vocabulary
شَرْحexplain
How to say “explain” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وإنما يراد من ذكرهم شرْح أحوالهم وأخلاقهم ليقتدي بها السالك،
The purpose of mentioning them is to explain their states and morals, so that the seeker may emulate them.
شَرْحُ — to explain. A verbal noun, 'explaining / setting out', the real subject naming what is intended, and it heads a possessive pairing with 'their states' after it. As the leading noun it takes no 'the' and leans onto what it owns.
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