Arabic vocabulary
تَقْدِيمُ is how you say “giving precedence” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
ومن سُنَنِه التسميةُ، وتقديمُ اليُمنى على اليُسرى، والمُوالاةُ، وتخفيفُ التراب إذا كان كثيرًا، وألّا يُكَرِّر المسح
Among its Sunnahs: saying 'Bismillah', preferring the right over the left, continuity, lightening the dust if it is excessive, and not repeating the wiping.
وَتَقْدِيمُ — and preferring. Joined by 'and,' a second sunnah — 'the placing-first of...' — an action-noun, the next subject in the list. It heads an 'of' pair with 'the right [side]': favouring the right before the left.
From: The Practice of Earth Cleansing →OpenArabic teaches words like تَقْدِيمُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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