Arabic vocabulary
فَرَحٌ is how you say “joy” 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
فَرَحًا — joy. This indefinite noun is an accusative of specification: it answers 'more intense in what?' with 'in joy'. Arabic uses this accusative slot, marked by the tail ending plus the indefinite 'n' sound, to pin down the respect in which a comparison holds, a role English fills with a phrase like 'in/of joy'.
From: The Joy of Repentance →OpenArabic teaches words like فَرَحٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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