Arabic vocabulary
شَدٌّ is how you say “intense” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
لِلَّهِ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ
For God is more joyful in the repentance of His servant
أَشَدُّ — more intense. This is an elative describing word on Arabic's 'more/most X' pattern, the statement made about God: the joy is more intense than any other. It heads the comparison that the following words spell out, pairing with an accusative noun of specification to say in what respect.
From: The Joy of Repentance →OpenArabic teaches words like شَدٌّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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