Arabic vocabulary
اِتَّخَذَ is how you say “make” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
واتخذه سكنًا ومستقرًّا،
and made it a dwelling and a place of stability.
وَاتَّخَذَهُ — and made it. 'And' plus a past-tense verb 'took / made [it into]', with '-hu' (it) attached as the first object. This verb takes two objects — a 'made X into Y' frame — so a second noun is coming to name what it was made.
From: Repelling the Devil →OpenArabic teaches words like اِتَّخَذَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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