Arabic vocabulary
فَلَكorbit in Arabic
فَلَك is how you say “orbit” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وكلما لاح آمال فؤادي دار على مرادي الفلك،
Every time the hopes of my heart appear, the course of fate aligns with my desire.
الفَلَكُ — the orbit. The al- marks this as definite, 'the orbit'. It is the subject of the verb that came earlier in the line, and as a subject it carries the -u ending, the mark Arabic puts on the noun doing the action.
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