Arabic vocabulary
خَيْلُ is how you say “horses” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَالْخَيْلُ الْمَوْسُومَةُ وَالْأَنْعَامُ وَالْحَرْثَ فَلِلشَّهَوَاتِ حِيْلَةٍ غِيَارٍ،
And the branded horses, the livestock, and the cultivated fields — desires have a deceitful device for substitution.
وَالْخَيْلُ — and the horses. The connector wa- ('and') fused onto a noun carrying al- ('the'). Here wa- resumes the list of worldly attractions from the earlier verse, adding horses to it. The definite article marks the type as known. It opens a noun-phrase that the following adjective will describe.
From: This World Is Short →وَالْخَيْلُ الْمَوْسُومَةُ يَجُولُ بِهَا فِي حَلْبَةِ الْعَجَبِ الْمَغْوَارِ،
And the branded horses, he ranges about on them in the arena of wondrous valor,
وَالْخَيْلُ — and the horses. The connector wa- ('and') fused onto a noun carrying al- ('the'), reopening the list with the horses — 'and the horses'. The wa- coordinates this with the earlier worldly items, and the article marks them as specific. It heads a noun-phrase the following adjective will describe.
From: This World Is Short →OpenArabic teaches words like خَيْلُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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