OpenArabic Get the app

عَيْش life in Arabic

عَيْش is how you say “life” in Arabic.

Arabic

English

The audio uses AI voices.

Example sentence

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

The English is machine-translated.

The app’s sheet for the word كِتَاب: book, an audio button, and the root it comes from.

Practise this word in the app

One tap gives you the meaning, a grammar note and audio.

Add the words you don’t know. Practise them with spaced repetition.

Free. No ads. No subscription.

An account is needed in the app.

Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play

More example sentences

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

Related words