Arabic vocabulary
عُمُرٌlife
How to say “life” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
العمر قصير، والأعمال كثيرة، والآجال مفاجئة
Life is short, deeds are many, and death comes unexpectedly.
العُمُرُ — the life. The subject of a verbless equating sentence, 'lifespan', its 'the' marking it as a known whole. With no verb 'to be', Arabic sets this subject directly against the adjective that follows.
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