Arabic vocabulary
عُضْوِ is how you say “limb” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
ويُستحب ألّا يرفعَ اليدَ عن العضو حتى يتمَّ مسحَه، وأن ينزعَ الخاتمَ في الضربة الأولى،
It is recommended not to lift the hand from the limb until its wiping is completed, and to remove the ring in the first strike.
العُضْوِ — the limb. 'the limb,' in the -i form after 'off' — the body-part being wiped. The hand should stay on it, not lift away, until the wipe is complete (next clause).
From: The Practice of Earth Cleansing →غيرَ أنّ مسحَ العضو النجس لا يصحّ حتى تُزالَ نجاسته
However, wiping the impure limb is not valid until its impurity is removed.
العُضْوِ — of the limb. Owner in 'the wiping of the limb,' in the -i form — the body-part wiped. Qualified by 'impure' next: it is specifically the impure limb whose wipe fails.
From: The Practice of Earth Cleansing →OpenArabic teaches words like عُضْوِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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