Arabic vocabulary
دَّالِّ is how you say “indicating” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَتارَة يتجلى فِي صِفَات الْجمال والكمال وَهُوَ كَمَال الْأَسْمَاء وجمال الصِّفَات وجمال الْأَفْعَال الدَّال على كَمَال الذَّات
And at times He manifests in attributes of beauty and perfection, which are the perfection of names, beauty of attributes, and beauty of actions indicating the perfection of the essence.
الدَّالِّ — indicating. An active participle 'pointing to', an adjective trailing the chain, genitive — that beauty 'which points to'. It describes the actions' beauty as a sign leading on to something further.
From: Reflecting on God's Names →OpenArabic teaches words like دَّالِّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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