Arabic vocabulary
مَأْتَمٌ is how you say “funeral” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
لَو تَخَيَّلت قرب الأحباب لأقمت المأتم على بعْدك
If you imagined the closeness of loved ones, you would hold a funeral for your distance.
المَأْتَمَ — a funeral. The object of 'would hold', accusative ('-a'), definite — a mourning-gathering. What you would stage.
From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →OpenArabic teaches words like مَأْتَمٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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