Arabic vocabulary
How to say “point” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وَيُشِيرُ إلَى صَدْرِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ،
and he pointed to his chest three times.
وَيُشِيرُ — and he pointed. A Form IV verb, 'point, gesture', subject 'he' inside; the present form narrates the action vividly. It describes the Prophet indicating his chest as he speaks.
From: Brotherhood in Islam →وَيُبَدِّلُ مَا يُشِيرُ إِلَيْهِ ،
And he replaces what it points to,
يُشِيرُ — points. A present-tense verb, third-person singular, the subject understood from context. It sits inside the relative clause opened by 'what', describing the thing replaced: 'what it points to'.
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