Arabic vocabulary
يَنْتَضِل is how you say “practice archery” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
ومنا من ينتضل،
Some of us were practicing archery.
يَنْتَضِلُ — were practicing archery. A present-tense verb with the 'he' subject inside, describing the activity as in progress, hence 'was practicing'. The reflexive-style pattern gives the sense of taking part in a shooting contest; the ongoing present matches the snapshot of the camp.
From: A Prophet Warns His People →OpenArabic teaches words like يَنْتَضِل through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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