Arabic vocabulary
How to say “lighten” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وتجئ فتن يرقق بعضها بعضاً،
And trials will come that make the previous ones seem lighter.
يُرَقِّقُ — make lighter. A present-tense verb in an intensive pattern meaning 'makes light/softens', with a built-in 'it' subject, opening a clause about the trials. The doubled-consonant pattern signals a forceful or repeated action; here the trials make one another seem light by comparison.
From: A Prophet Warns His People →OpenArabic teaches words like يُرَقِّق through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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