Arabic vocabulary

عُقُوقُingratitude in Arabic

عُقُوقُ is how you say “ingratitude” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فَلَمَّا تَرَقَّوا فَعَاقُوا وَالْعُقُوقُ مِنَ الْذُّنُوبِ الْكِبَارِ،
When they grew tender, they were ungrateful, and ingratitude is among the major sins,
وَالْعُقُوقُ — and the ingratitude. The connector wa- ('and') fused onto a noun carrying al- ('the'). Here wa- opens a fresh general statement — 'and ingratitude is ...' — coordinating a moral comment with the story. The definite article treats ingratitude as a known, named vice that the next words will rank among grave sins.
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