Arabic vocabulary
مَلِكُking in Arabic
مَلِكُ is how you say “king” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا مَلِكُ غَسَّانِ بِالشَّأْمِ،
So only the king of Ghassan remained in the Levant.
مَلِكُ — king. A noun 'king' as the head of a possessive pair, leaning onto 'Ghassan' as its owner; the first half carries no 'al-' of its own and takes definiteness from the owner. As the leftover subject it is in the plain doer ending.
From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →
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