Arabic vocabulary
حَسْرَةٌlonging
How to say “longing” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فالمحب يفرح بفضائله والمبغض يغتاظ حسرة
The lover rejoices in his virtues, and the hater seethes in anguish.
حَسْرَةً — in anguish. A noun 'anguish / bitter regret' in the accusative ('-an' tanwin) — here an accusative of cause, 'out of anguish'. The accusative tells why he seethes.
From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →
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