Arabic vocabulary
How to say “one” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
أنه لما كان بابُ المناظرة في الرد والقبول مُتَّسِعًا، وكل واحدٍ من المتناظرين في الاستدلال والجواب يرسل عِنانه في الاحتجاج، ومنه ما يكون صوابًا ومنه ما يكون خطأً،
that since the field of debate in rejection and acceptance was wide, and each debater in reasoning and answering would let loose his reins in argumentation, some of it being correct and some incorrect,
وَاحِدٍ — one. 'one', genitive after 'kull' — 'each one of...'; head of an 'of' link with 'the debaters'.
From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →وَلَا أَنَّهُ بِكَلَامِ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ، وَلَا فِي مَوْضِعٍ وَاحِدٍ
Nor is it with the words of a noble Messenger, nor in any single instance.
وَاحِدٍ — single. An adjective 'single/one', agreeing with the noun before it in being indefinite and in its governed form. The agreement ties it to 'instance', giving 'a single instance', and underlines that not even one case exists.
From: The Messenger as Conveyor of Revelation →OpenArabic teaches words like واحد through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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