Arabic vocabulary
أَبْوَاب is how you say “gates” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وهذا باب من أبواب حفظ الصحة
This is a topic from the chapters of health preservation.
أَبْوَابِ — chapters. This is the front half of 'chapters of preserving health', a plural in the genitive after 'from', heading a possessive chain. It draws its definiteness from the owners that follow.
From: The One-Third Rule →فيقال يا محمد أدخل من أمتك من لا حساب عليهم من الباب الأيمن من أبواب الجنة وهم شركاء الناس فيما سوى ذلك من الأبواب
It will be said: "O Muhammad, admit into Paradise from your community those who will not be held accountable, through the right-hand gate of the gates of Paradise, and they will share with the people in what is beyond that from the other gates."
أَبْوَابِ — gates. The first noun of an 'of' pair, 'gates', joining straight to 'Paradise' with no separate 'of' and forgoing its own 'the', taking definiteness from the owner that follows; it also sits in the form the preceding preposition governs.
From: The Prophet's Intercession →فيقال يا محمد أدخل من أمتك من لا حساب عليهم من الباب الأيمن من أبواب الجنة وهم شركاء الناس فيما سوى ذلك من الأبواب
It will be said: "O Muhammad, admit into Paradise from your community those who will not be held accountable, through the right-hand gate of the gates of Paradise, and they will share with the people in what is beyond that from the other gates."
الْأَبْوَابِ — the other gates. A definite plural governed by the preceding preposition, carrying 'the' and its required ending; it names the remaining gates the group shares with others. Definiteness here points to the rest of the known set.
From: The Prophet's Intercession →OpenArabic teaches words like أَبْوَاب through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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