Arabic vocabulary
الزَلَلِlapse in Arabic
الزَلَلِ is how you say “lapse” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَيَتَسَاهَلُ فِي الزَلَلِ،
He then treats lapses lightly.
الزَلَلِ — lapse. The al- marks this as definite, and it takes the 'of' (genitive) ending forced by the 'in' before it, naming the area treated lightly: slips. Its ending is what flags it as governed by the preposition, the failing the man waves away.
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