Arabic vocabulary
عَيْش is how you say “life” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
لأَنَّهَا قَدْ صَارَتْ عِنْدَهُمْ كَالْعَيْشِ الاضْطِرَارِيِّ
Because they have become for them like a basic need of life.
كَالْعَيْشِ — like living. A ka- ('like') fused on the front for a comparison; the noun is 'the living', genitive after 'like', then narrowed by the adjective that follows.
From: The Discipline of Foresight →فَزَالَ القلق وطاب عَيْش الماكث
So anxiety vanished, and the resident's life became pleasant.
عَيْشُ — life. This noun heads an 'of' pairing, 'the living of the one who stays', and as the verb's subject it takes the '-u' ending. It names life in the sense of daily living, not mere existence.
From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →وهم في ذلك دار رزقهم، حسن عيشهم ،
While they are in that state, their provision is flowing and their living is good.
عَيْشِهِمْ — and their living. This is 'their living / livelihood' with attached 'their' — the noun the adjective 'good' actually qualifies: their LIFE is good. The pronoun ties it to them. So in worldly terms they thrive even as they worship idols.
From: The Return of Jesus →OpenArabic teaches words like عَيْش through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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