Arabic vocabulary
مَهَّدَ is how you say “pave” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
يُمهِّد الصمتُ لنيةٍ أدقّ، فيجعل الكلمةَ أصدق، والحكمَ أعدل، والاعتذارَ أسرع
Silence paves the way for a sharper intention, making words more truthful, judgments more just, and apologies faster.
يُمَهِّدُ — paves. A Form II verb, 'smooths the way / prepares,' the verb opening this sentence. Its subject, 'silence,' follows; it takes 'for' next — Arabic 'paves FOR' a thing — to name what silence readies: a sharper intention.
From: On Silence →OpenArabic teaches words like مَهَّدَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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