Arabic vocabulary
كريم is how you say “noble” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ سُبْحَانَهُ الْمُقْسَمَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ ﴿إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ﴾
Then He, Glory be to Him, mentioned what was sworn upon and said, 'Indeed, it is the word of a noble Messenger.'
كَرِيمٍ — noble. A describing word 'noble' for the preceding 'messenger', agreeing with it as an indefinite genitive. Arabic makes a descriptor match its noun in case and definiteness, so it too is genitive and indefinite.
From: Proofs of Scripture →وَلَا أَنَّهُ بِكَلَامِ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ، وَلَا فِي مَوْضِعٍ وَاحِدٍ
Nor is it with the words of a noble Messenger, nor in any single instance.
كَرِيمٍ — noble. An adjective 'noble', describing the Messenger. Arabic adjectives follow their noun and copy its definiteness and grammatical form; this one is indefinite and carries the owner-form ending to match the noun it modifies, so the agreement marks which word it describes.
From: The Messenger as Conveyor of Revelation →OpenArabic teaches words like كريم through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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