Arabic vocabulary
فَقِيهٌ is how you say “jurist” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فقاس مع النص والفقيه إذا جاء نص لا يقيس،
So he made an analogy against the text, whereas a jurist does not use analogy when a text is given.
الْفَقِيهُ — the jurist. This definite noun is the topic of the aside, standing in the plain subject ending. The 'the' marks the jurist as a known type, and the line goes on to say what such a person does, making this the subject of a general statement.
From: Adam and the Rebel →OpenArabic teaches words like فَقِيهٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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