Arabic vocabulary
مَزِيد is how you say “more” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَلَا للمحب قَرَار إِلَّا يَوْم الْمَزِيد
And for the lover, there is no settlement except on the Day of More.
الْمَزِيدِ — More. The owner completing 'the Day of Increase', genitive, definite — the promised day of added grace (the vision of God). The lover's only true rest.
From: Love and Devotion to God →إِلَى طَلَبِ الْمَزِيدِ
In pursuit of more.
الْمَزِيدِ — the more. This noun is the second half of an 'of' pairing and so takes the genitive ending the first noun governs. Being the owned-of term, it carries the definiteness for the whole chunk, giving 'the seeking of the more'.
From: Charity and Stinginess →OpenArabic teaches words like مَزِيد through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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