Arabic vocabulary
How to say “fingertips” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
أجل فكرك في أركانك وتدبر بناء بنانك ويكفي في العبر نطق لسانك كلما تلوى،
Reflect on your own limbs and consider the construction of your fingertips; it is enough as a lesson that your tongue speaks whenever it turns.
بَنَانِكَ — of your fingertips. The owner half of the possessive pair, in the 'of' ending, with 'your' fused to its end addressing the listener. So it reads 'of your fingertips', naming whose construction is to be pondered, with the possessor on the noun.
From: All Creation Praises Him →OpenArabic teaches words like بَنَانٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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