Arabic vocabulary
عُمُرٌlife in Arabic
عُمُرٌ is how you say “life” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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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