Arabic vocabulary
How to say “only” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
هذا هو الصوم المشروع، لا مجرد الإمساك عن الطعام والشراب
This is the prescribed fasting, not merely abstaining from food and drink.
مُجَرَّدَ — merely. A passive participle 'stripped / bare', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the bare [act of] abstaining' — in the accusative as what is being negated. It owns the noun that follows.
From: The Meaning of Fasting →OpenArabic teaches words like مُجَرَّدٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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