Arabic vocabulary

مَخَافَةًfearing in Arabic

مَخَافَةً is how you say “fearing” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فَوَثَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ مَخَافَةً أَنْ يَأْخُذَنِي
I leaped at him and seized his hand, fearing that he might take me.
مَخَافَة — fearing. This noun names a state of mind, 'out of fear', and it works adverbially to say why the narrator acted, taking the object-style ending Arabic uses for such 'because of' nouns. It sets up the worry-clause that follows. So it explains the motive behind the seizing.
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