OpenArabic Get the app

زَائِلٌ fleeting in Arabic

زَائِلٌ is how you say “fleeting” in Arabic.

Arabic

English

The audio uses AI voices.

Example sentence

فَإِنَّ الْمَالَ ظِلٌّ زَائِلٌ وَأَمْرٌ حَائِلٌ،

For wealth is a fleeting shadow and a thing that obstructs.

زَائِلٌ fleeting

A describing word built from a verb (an '-ing' style participle) attached to 'shadow', narrowing it to a fleeting one. As an Arabic adjective it follows its noun and copies the noun's ending, so it trails 'shadow' and shares its subject-form shape.

From The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah

The English is machine-translated.

The app’s sheet for the word كِتَاب: book, an audio button, and the root it comes from.

Practise this word in the app

One tap gives you the meaning, a grammar note and audio.

Add the words you don’t know. Practise them with spaced repetition.

Free. No ads. No subscription.

An account is needed in the app.

Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play

Related words