Arabic vocabulary
الطَّبْعِ is how you say “of nature” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
فَلَوْ تَوَقَّفَتْ بِهِمْ رُكَبُ الطَّبْعِ، لَضَجُّوا،
If the course of nature were to pause for them, they would cry out.
الطَّبْعِ — of nature. This noun wears 'the' and is the owned-of term: 'the course of nature'. It sits in the genitive the pairing requires, naming whose course is meant.
From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →جَوَاذِبُ الطَّبْعِ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا كَثِيرَةٌ، ثُمَّ هِيَ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ،
There are many natural attractions to the world; they come from within.
الطَّبْعِ — of disposition. The second half of an 'of' pairing: 'attractions OF disposition'. Arabic builds 'X of Y' by simply setting the two nouns side by side with no separate word for 'of', and the owner-noun takes the genitive ending you see here. This word is what makes the whole phrase definite.
From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →OpenArabic teaches words like الطَّبْعِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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