Arabic vocabulary
ثَوْب is how you say “fabric” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
المعصيةُ تُثقب ثوبَ العمل كما تفعل العُثّةُ بالقطن؛
Sin pierces the garment of a deed like a moth does to cotton;
ثَوْبَ — the fabric. 'the garment of', accusative object, head of an 'of' pairing with 'the deed' — a metaphor built as a possessive.
From: When Hidden Deeds Are Shown →فحاكت ثوب نسجها على منوال السّتْر
And it wove its web as a covering curtain.
ثَوْبَ — cloth. 'Garment / cloth', the object, accusative ('-a'), and first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the cloth of its weaving'. It owns the noun that follows.
From: The Night of the Migration →OpenArabic teaches words like ثَوْب through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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