Arabic vocabulary
شَمَاتَةٌ is how you say “gloating” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَدُرِكَ الشَّقَاءُ وَسُوءُ الْقَضَاءِ وَشَمَاتَةُ الْأَعْدَاءِ
And being overtaken by misery, an adverse decree, and the gloating of enemies.
وَشَمَاتَةُ — and gloating. Two pieces: wa- ('and') adds another item to the list, and the noun heads a possessive pairing with the next word ('gloating of the enemies'). As the first term it stays the head and takes definiteness from the owner that follows.
From: Three States of the Heart →OpenArabic teaches words like شَمَاتَةٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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