Arabic vocabulary
يَنْدُرُis rare
How to say “is rare” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
ويندر على الشعراء المجودين من يتصون من الهجو،
And it is rare among skilled poets to refrain from satire,
وَيَنْدُرُ — and it is rare. This present verb means 'is rare / seldom happens' and is used impersonally — 'it rarely occurs that...'. Its real subject (the rare thing) arrives later. Arabic can run a verb like this with the doer postponed for emphasis.
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