Arabic vocabulary
How to say “grateful” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
إذهبوا إلى نوح، فيأتون نوحا فيقولون يا نوح ، أنت أول الرسل إلى أهل الأرض، وقد سماك الله عبداً شكوراً،
Go to Noah, so they go to him and say: "O Noah, you are the first messenger to the people of the earth, and Allah has named you a grateful servant."
شَكُورًا — grateful. An adjective describing the 'servant' just before it, matching that noun in being indefinite and accusative. Trailing its noun and copying its endings, it adds a quality to the name given, completing 'a grateful servant'.
From: The Prophet's Intercession →OpenArabic teaches words like شَكُور through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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