Arabic vocabulary
How to say “how” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
قال أبو صالح الراوي عن أبي هريرة، لما سئل عن كيفية ذكرهن، قال يقول سبحان الله، والحمد لله، والله أكبر، حتى يكون منهن كلهن ثلاثًا وثلاثين
Abu Salih, the narrator from Abu Hurairah, when asked about how to recite them, said: 'Say: Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar until each is thirty-three.'
كَيْفِيَّةِ — how. This is an abstract noun built with the '-iyya' ending — 'the how-ness / manner', i.e. the method. Arabic coins such abstracts by adding '-iyya'. Genitive after 'about', it heads a possessive: 'the manner OF reciting them'.
From: Praises That Elevate the Poor →OpenArabic teaches words like كيفية through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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