Arabic vocabulary
كَرَاهِيَة is how you say “fear” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وقال أبو الدرداء إني لأستجم نفسي ببعض الباطل كراهية أن أحمل عليها من لحق ما يكلها
And Abu al-Darda said, 'Indeed, I refresh myself with some idle talk, fearing that I might burden it with so much truth that it becomes weary.'
كَرَاهِيَةً — fearing. An accusative -an of cause, 'out of dislike / for fear that'; this object-style ending is how Arabic attaches the reason or motive for an action to the verb. It explains why he indulges in idle talk.
From: Reviving the Heart →OpenArabic teaches words like كَرَاهِيَة through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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