Arabic vocabulary
How to say “pen” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ
Who taught by the pen.
بِالْقَلَمِ — by the pen. A preposition fused onto the noun for 'pen', forcing it into the genitive and marking it as the instrument, the means by which the teaching was done. The prefix supplies the 'by/with' tool-relationship.
From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →OpenArabic teaches words like قَلَمِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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