Arabic vocabulary
السَّرَابِof the mirage in Arabic
السَّرَابِ is how you say “of the mirage” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
خَادِعَانِ لِلْمُبْتَدِئَيْنِ بِلاَمِعِ السَّرَابِ،
Two deceivers of beginners with the gleam of the mirage,
السرابِ — of the mirage. A noun carrying 'al-' (the), the owning half of the 'of' pairing, set directly after its partner with no 'of' between. It is the source the gleam belongs to, so 'the gleam of the mirage' is built by adjacency, the mirage being what gives the deceptive shine.
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