Arabic vocabulary
عِثَارfalter in Arabic
عِثَار is how you say “falter” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
بينا تجري براكبها عثرت به أي عثار،
While it runs with its rider, it stumbles with him — what a stumble!
عِثَارٍ — falter. In the genitive as the owned half of 'what a stumble', this noun completes the exclamatory pairing. The indefinite ending leaves the stumble general, which heightens the sense of an unmeasured, severe fall, the climax of the line's warning.
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