Arabic vocabulary
لَحْدَ is how you say “grave” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
كَمْ رَأَيْتُ صَاحِبَ مَنْزِلٍ مَا نَزَلَ لَحْدَهُ حَتَّى نَزَلَ
How many a homeowner have I seen who never moved into his house before he died!
لَحْدَهُ — into his grave. A noun meaning the niche of a grave, with the suffix -hu ('his', male) attached, so it reads 'his grave'. It is the object reached, marking the only dwelling he truly entered. The attached 'his' ties the grave to the homeowner, sharpening the bitter twist.
From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →OpenArabic teaches words like لَحْدَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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