Arabic vocabulary
How to say “lead” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وكان أعرابي يؤم قومه في البادية،
A Bedouin used to lead his people in prayer in the desert,
يُؤَمُّ — lead in prayer. A present-tense verb of leading prayer, here the habitual half of the 'was ... used to' frame, so it reads 'used to lead'. Arabic forms the past habit from 'was' plus this present verb.
From: Bedouin Manners →OpenArabic teaches words like يُؤَمُّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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