Arabic vocabulary
لِئَامٍmean-spirited
How to say “mean-spirited” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ نُزُولَ الضَّيْفِ عَلَى أَقْوَامٍ لِئَامٍ،
A visitation came upon them, the arrival of the guest among mean-spirited people.
لِئَامٍ — mean-spirited. An indefinite plural adjective placed after its noun and agreeing with it in being plural and genitive, so it attaches to 'groups of people' as their description. Arabic sets the description after the thing described and makes it echo the noun's number and case.
From: Ignoring God's Guidance →
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