Arabic vocabulary
How to say “muscle” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
لا تُحاور كسلك كما لو كان قدرًا؛ عامله كعضلةٍ تُدرَّب
Do not treat your laziness as if it were destiny; treat it as a muscle to be trained.
كَعَضَلَةٍ — as a muscle. 'ka-' = 'as, like'; 'adala' = 'muscle', so 'like a muscle'.
From: On Sincerity →OpenArabic teaches words like عَضَلَةٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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