Arabic vocabulary
مضمحلة is how you say “fleeting” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَسَائِر اللَّذَّات دون هَذِه اللَّذَّة مضمحلة فانية
And all pleasures other than this pleasure are fleeting and perishable.
مُضْمَحِلَّةٌ — fleeting. A participle 'vanishing / fading away', the predicate, indefinite nominative agreeing with 'all the rest' — 'are fading'. They dwindle to nothing.
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