Arabic vocabulary
خيرgood
How to say “good” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فقلبٌ خلا من الخير كله،
So a heart that is devoid of all good,
الخَيْرِ — good. In the genitive after 'of', made definite by 'al-' as good in the absolute. What this heart wholly lacks.
From: Repelling the Devil →لا خير في لذة من بعدها النار
There is no good in a pleasure after which comes the Fire.
خَيْرَ — good. A noun 'good' in the bare form that the absolute 'no' requires, completing 'there is no good whatsoever'. That special ending is the grammatical mark of this categorical-denial construction.
From: Paradise Over Pleasure →
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