Arabic vocabulary
بَأْسَharm in Arabic
بَأْسَ is how you say “harm” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
والحكمة الطبيعية لا بأس بها،
Natural philosophy is harmless.
بَأْسَ — harm. This noun sits in the fixed accusative shape of the 'none-whatsoever' construction — 'no harm'. Paired with the preposition coming next it forms the set phrase 'no harm in it', i.e. it is permissible. The bare ending is the signature of total negation.
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