Arabic vocabulary
How to say “fundamentalist” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
فالأصولي الواقف مع الظواهر والآثار عند خصومه يجعلونه مجسما وحشويا ومبتدعا،
So the fundamentalist who stands with the apparent meanings and narrations, his opponents deem him an anthropomorphist, a Hashwi, and an innovator.
الأُصُولِيُّ — the fundamentalist. This noun, the principle-scholar, is the topic that the sentence will comment on, in the nominative and definite by 'al-'. Arabic often fronts such a topic and then makes a statement about it later, which is exactly the structure here.
From: Unity Over Partisanship →والأصولي الذي طرد التأويل عند الآخرين جهميا ومعتزليا وضالا،
And the theologian who pursues interpretation is considered by others as a Jahmi, a Mu'tazili, and misguided.
وَالأُصُولِيُّ — and the fundamentalist. The conjunction joins a new topic, the principle-scholar, nominative and definite, set up to be commented on. It parallels the earlier sentence, fronting a topic before stating others' verdict on him.
From: Unity Over Partisanship →والأصولي الذي أثبت بعض الصفات ونفى بعضها وتأول في أماكن يقولون متناقضا،
And the theologian who affirms some attributes and negates others and interprets in some places, they call him contradictory.
وَالأُصُولِيُّ — and the fundamentalist. The conjunction joins another topic, the principle-scholar, nominative and definite, awaiting comment. Same fronting pattern as before, a topic raised so a verdict can be stated on him.
From: Unity Over Partisanship →OpenArabic teaches words like أُصُولِيّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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