Arabic vocabulary
مَلَذَّات is how you say “pleasures” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وذكر كذلك الذين اتخذوا العلم وسيلة وغرضا لتحصيل ملذات الدنيا وحطامها الفاني،
He also mentioned those who took knowledge as a means and a goal to acquire the pleasures of the fleeting world and its perishable goods.
مَلَذَّاتِ — the pleasures. This noun owns nothing by itself here; it is the first part of a possessive pair, 'the pleasures of the world', linked directly to the next noun with no word for 'of'. Its form shows it is governed by the purpose-marker on the previous word.
From: Knowledge and Humility →OpenArabic teaches words like مَلَذَّات through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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