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سِجَالٌ fierce fighting in Arabic

سِجَالٌ is how you say “fierce fighting” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَالْحَرْبُ سِجَالٌ،

And war is fierce fighting.

سِجَالٌ fierce fighting

A noun standing as what war 'is', completing the 'X is Y' statement with the linking 'is' understood and unwritten. Arabic states such equations by simply placing topic and label together.

From A Companion at Battle

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وَهُوَ سِجَالٌ وَمُحَرِّكُ هَذِهِ الْحَرْبِ قَلْبُ الْعَبْدِ

And it is a contention, and the heart of the servant is what stirs up this war.

سِجَالٌ contention

An indefinite noun ('a back-and-forth contest') serving as the comment that describes the conflict. It pictures an ongoing, see-sawing struggle rather than a single clash. Arabic forms 'it is X' by simply placing the noun after the subject, with no verb 'is'.

From Patience and the Human Self

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