Arabic vocabulary
غَافِلًاheedless
How to say “heedless” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَتَفْرَحُ بِعَافِيَتِكَ غَافِلًا عَنْ قُرْبِ الْأَلَمِ
And you rejoice in your well-being, heedless of the approaching pain!
غَافِلًا — heedless. This word describes the person's state while rejoicing, working adverbially as a circumstance, 'while heedless'. The final -an buzz is the marker Arabic puts on such state-words. It tells you HOW the rejoicing happens: in a condition of neglecting the danger ahead.
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