Arabic vocabulary
رَصَاصlead in Arabic
رَصَاص is how you say “lead” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
إنك حجر منجنيق ورصاص على الأفئدة
You are a catapult stone and lead upon the hearts.
وَرَصَاصٌ — and lead. The connector wa- 'and' joins a second predicate noun 'lead [metal]' to the first metaphor, both describing the addressee. So 'you are [a] catapult-stone and lead', piling up images of crushing weight. The wa- coordinates the two predicates under the single 'indeed you are'.
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