Arabic vocabulary
How to say “herbs” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وقال يداوى كل عليل بعقاقير أرضه
And he said, 'Treat every sick person with the herbs of their land.'
بِعَقاقِيرِ — with herbs. The 'bi-' marks the means of treatment, 'with herbs', and forces the genitive on the noun; it is also the front half of 'herbs of his land'. It names what the cure is done with.
From: Moderation in Medicine →OpenArabic teaches words like عَقاقِيرِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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