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عيشة life in Arabic

عيشة is how you say “life” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

والدافق قيل إنه فاعل بمعنى مفعول كقولهم سر كاتم وعيشة راضية

And it is said that "dafiq" is an active participle with the meaning of a passive, like their saying "sir katim" and "ʿīsha rāḍiya."

وَعَيْشَةٌ and 'ʿīsha'

wa- (and) on an indefinite noun 'a life', the first word of a second example phrase, described by the adjective after it.

From Creating Life from Nothing

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وأما العيشة الراضية فالوصف بها أحسن من الوصف بالمرضية

As for the 'contented life,' describing it this way is better than describing it as 'a life one is pleased with.'

العَيْشَةُ the life

A noun made definite by al-, 'the life', the fronted topic introduced by 'as for', so it carries the subject ending. The al- marks it as the specific life under discussion.

From Creating Life from Nothing

وإذا كانوا يقولون الوقت الحاضر والساعة الراهنة وإن لم يفعلا ذلك فكيف يمتنع أن يقولوا ماء دافق وعيشة راضية

And if they say 'the present time' and 'the current hour' without those phrases acting, how could they refrain from saying 'gushing water' and 'contented life'?

وَعَيْشَةً and life

wa- (and) on an indefinite noun 'life' in the object-style ending, a second example phrase paralleling 'water', described by the adjective after it.

From Creating Life from Nothing

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