Arabic vocabulary
مَلْحَمَةٌgreat battle in Arabic
مَلْحَمَةٌ is how you say “great battle” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
اَلْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ الْمَلْحَمَةِ، اَلْيَوْمَ تُسْتَحَلُّ الْكَعْبَةُ
Today is the day of the great battle; today the Kaaba will be desecrated.
الْمَلْحَمَةِ — the great battle. This noun is the owner half of 'the day of the great battle', taking the article 'the' and the genitive '-i' ending that marks the possessor. The two nouns side by side, with no separate 'of', form the dramatic label for the day.
From: Conquest of Mecca Account →
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