Arabic vocabulary
How to say “famous” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
ومذهب أحمد مشهور عنه مطلقاً،
The famous opinion of Ahmad is categorical.
مَشْهُورٌ — famous. 'well-known', nominative predicate — 'is famous'; a passive participle.
From: Required Remembrance →ومذهب أحمد مشهور عنه مطلقاً،
And Ahmad's school of thought is well-known for an absolute stance,
مَشْهُورٌ — well-known. 'well-known', nominative predicate — 'is famous'; a passive participle.
From: Praise and Petition in Prayer →ومن تيمم لنفلٍ لا يَستبيح به الفرضَ على المشهور،
One who performs Tayammum for a supererogatory prayer cannot perform an obligatory prayer with it according to the prevalent opinion.
الْمَشْهُورِ — the prevalent opinion. A passive participle, 'the well-known / famous [view],' in the -i form after 'on.' It marks this as the widely-held position — the qualifier signals it is the dominant, not the sole, opinion.
From: When Earth Replaces Water →OpenArabic teaches words like مَشْهُور through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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