Arabic vocabulary
How to say “joy” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
لا يتضجر عند المصيبة، ولا يفرح فرحَ بطر عند النعمة
He does not grumble at misfortune, nor rejoice with arrogant joy at blessing.
فَرَحَ — with the joy of. An action-noun placed right after its own verb to intensify it, an 'inner object' that echoes the verb to stress its degree, 'rejoices a rejoicing'. It carries the object ending and heads an 'of' pairing with the next word that names the kind of joy.
From: Trusting God's Decree →OpenArabic teaches words like فرح through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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