Arabic vocabulary
How to say “naming” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
لذلك وُضِعَتِ التسميةُ في مواضعَ ثابتة على الطعام، وعند الدخول والخروج، وعلى السكين والقلم ولوحة المفاتيح؛ لتتعلّم أنّ العملَ يبدأ بالله وينتهي إليه
Thus, naming was placed in fixed locations: over food, when entering and exiting, over the knife, pen, and keyboard; to teach that every action begins with Allah and ends with Him.
التَّسْمِيَةُ — naming. 'the naming' — the subject of the passive 'was placed', nominative. The verbal noun (saying 'in the name of God'); feminine, which is why the verb took -at.
From: Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart →تَكَلُّفُ تَسْمِيَةِ مَا قَرَأَ الْقَارِئُونَ آيَةً آيَةً عَلَى التَّرْتِيبِ لَعَجَزَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ،
He took the trouble to name, verse by verse and in order, what the reciters had read because he was unable to do so.
تَسْمِيَةٍ — naming. A verbal noun 'naming', the owning second term of 'the trouble of naming', hence the genitive. It names the act that the trouble is taken over, and itself sets up the relative 'what...' clause that follows as the content named.
From: Public Preaching →OpenArabic teaches words like تَسْمِيَةٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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