Arabic vocabulary
اِكْتِسَابgain
How to say “gain” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
مصرا على الاكتساب بالشعر رقيق الدين،
Insistent on acquiring gains through poetry, lacking in religious commitment,
الاِكْتِسَابِ — acquiring gains. Genitive after the preposition, this is a derived verbal noun ('earning / acquiring gain'). It is what the poet stubbornly pursues — making a living off his verse. The ending follows from the preposition governing it.
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