Arabic vocabulary
نُوح is how you say “Noah” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
فَيَأْتُونَ نُوحًا
So they come to Noah.
نُوحًا — to Noah. A proper name in the object form, the goal the coming reaches; the motion-verb treats its destination-person as a direct object, hence the object ending. Being a name it is definite already. English supplies 'to', while Arabic just sets the goal in the object slot.
From: Intercession on Judgment Day →إذهبوا إلى نوح، فيأتون نوحا فيقولون يا نوح ، أنت أول الرسل إلى أهل الأرض، وقد سماك الله عبداً شكوراً،
Go to Noah, so they go to him and say: "O Noah, you are the first messenger to the people of the earth, and Allah has named you a grateful servant."
نُوحٍ — Noah. A proper name in the genitive because the preposition before it governs that ending. It is the destination of the command, the figure they are told to go to.
From: The Prophet's Intercession →إذهبوا إلى نوح، فيأتون نوحا فيقولون يا نوح ، أنت أول الرسل إلى أهل الأرض، وقد سماك الله عبداً شكوراً،
Go to Noah, so they go to him and say: "O Noah, you are the first messenger to the people of the earth, and Allah has named you a grateful servant."
نُوحًا — Noah. A proper name in the accusative as the object of the coming verb before it: the figure they come to. Its accusative ending marks it as the goal reached, the receiver of the action.
From: The Prophet's Intercession →إذهبوا إلى نوح، فيأتون نوحا فيقولون يا نوح ، أنت أول الرسل إلى أهل الأرض، وقد سماك الله عبداً شكوراً،
Go to Noah, so they go to him and say: "O Noah, you are the first messenger to the people of the earth, and Allah has named you a grateful servant."
نُوحُ — Noah. A proper name standing as the one being called, right after the calling particle. It is the addressee, set in the form a vocative takes, so the words together open the direct address to him.
From: The Prophet's Intercession →OpenArabic teaches words like نُوح through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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