Arabic vocabulary
مَطْعَمfood
How to say “food” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَإِنَّهُ لَوْلا مَيْلُهُ إِلَى الْمَطْعَمِ مَا أَكَلَ
For if not for his inclination towards food, he would not eat.
الْمَطْعَمِ — food. 'al-' = 'the'; genitive after 'ila'.
From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →وَنَدُرَ مِثَالُهُ أَنَّ شَهْوَةَ الْمَطْعَمِ إِنَّمَا خُلِقَتْ لاجْتِلابِ الْغِذَاءِ
A rare example of this is that the craving for food was only created to draw nourishment.
الْمَطْعَمِ — food. 'al-' = 'the'; the 'of' word (genitive).
From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →
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