Arabic vocabulary
حَمْقَى is how you say “fools” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
أَضْحَكَ الثَّكَالَى بِمَا يُسْرَدُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِ البُخَلَاءِ وَالْحَمْقَى وَالْمُغْفَلِينَ وَالْمُتَمَاجِنِينَ وَالظُّرَافِ
He made the bereaved woman laugh with tales recounted about the misers, the fools, the gullible, those who spar, and the witty.
وَالْحَمْقَى — and the fools. This joins a linking 'and' to a definite plural, adding 'the fools' to the running list of report-subjects. The 'and' is a simple list-coordinator here, and the noun stays in the same after-possessor case as the items it joins.
From: The Preacher's Legacy →أَضْحَكَ الثَّكْلَى بِمَا يَسْرُدُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِ البُخَلَاءِ وَالْحَمْقَى
He made the bereaved laugh with the stories he recounted about the misers and the fools.
وَالْحَمْقَى — and the fools. This joins a list 'and' to a definite plural, adding 'the fools' to the catalogue of report-subjects. The 'and' is a simple coordinator, and the noun keeps the after-possessor case binding it to 'reports of...'.
From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →OpenArabic teaches words like حَمْقَى through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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