Arabic vocabulary
غَرِيزَة is how you say “instinct” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فَهُوَ غَرِيزَةً لَا يَنْفَعُهَا التَّأْدِيبُ،
So it is an instinct that discipline does not benefit it.
غَرِيزَةً — an instinct. This noun is the predicate identifying what the 'it' is, and its indefinite ending (tanwin) marks it as 'an instinct', one of a kind. The accusative shape here flags it as a state or capacity in which the thing exists, a 'by way of instinct' nuance. It names an inborn disposition rather than a learned trait.
From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →OpenArabic teaches words like غَرِيزَة through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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