Arabic vocabulary
مَدْحpraise in Arabic
مَدْح is how you say “praise” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَكَفَى بِهَذَا الْقَدْرِ مَدْحًا لِلْعَقْلِ وَذَمًّا لِلْهَوَى
This alone is sufficient to praise reason and criticize desire.
مَدْحًا — praise. The '-an' ending makes this an accusative of respect — 'enough AS praise'. Arabic uses this object form to say in what capacity something counts.
From: The Discipline of Foresight →
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