Arabic vocabulary
شِعْرٍpoetry in Arabic
شِعْرٍ is how you say “poetry” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَكَلاَمًا مَا هُوَ بِالشِّعْرِ
And speech that is not poetry.
بِالشِّعْرِ — in poetry. The bi- preposition fused to a noun keeping its 'the', a structure that with the negation forms the set 'is not X' pattern. The bi- here is not a literal 'with'; it strengthens the denial that the speech is poetry.
From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →
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