Arabic vocabulary
سَكْرَةintoxication
How to say “intoxication” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
لا يتأدبون بآداب الحديث، ولا يستفيقون من سكرة السماع
They do not observe the etiquettes of the Hadith, nor do they awaken from the intoxication of listening.
سَكْرَةِ — the intoxication of. A noun 'drunkenness/intoxication' heading an 'of' pairing with 'listening' next - 'the drunkenness of listening', a metaphor for their addiction to audition. The two nouns side by side give 'of' with no separate word. It sits in the genitive ('of') because the preceding 'from' governs it.
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