Arabic vocabulary
زَائِلٌfleeting in Arabic
زَائِلٌ is how you say “fleeting” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
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.
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