Arabic vocabulary

مَطْعَمfood in Arabic

مَطْعَم is how you say “food” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

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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