Arabic vocabulary
How to say “pray” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
ولا يُصلَّى بتيممٍ واحدٍ إلا فريضةٌ واحدة،
One cannot pray with the same Tayammum except for one obligatory prayer.
يُصَلَّى — pray. A passive verb, 'is prayed,' with no named doer — an impersonal 'one may pray.' The thing prayed (an obligatory prayer) acts as its subject, arriving after the 'except'. Inside vowels mark the passive.
From: When Earth Replaces Water →لا يُصلَّى بتيممٍ واحدٍ إلا فريضةٌ واحدةٌ، سواءٌ اتفقتا أو اختلفتا؛
A single dry ablution may only be used for one obligatory prayer, whether they are of the same or different type.
يُصَلَّى — to be prayed. A passive verb, 'is prayed,' no named doer — impersonal 'one may pray.' Negated, with the thing prayed surfacing as its subject after the 'except.' Vowels inside carry the passive.
From: Purification Without Water →فيُصلَّى بها أكثرُ من جنازةٍ بتيممٍ واحدٍ على الأصح
More than one funeral prayer may be performed with a single dry ablution according to the more correct opinion.
فَيُصَلَّى — so it may be performed. The 'fa-' draws the consequence and the verb is passive — 'so there may be prayed,' impersonal, doer unnamed. Its subject ('more than one funeral') comes after; the inside vowels mark the passive.
From: Purification Without Water →OpenArabic teaches words like يُصَلَّى through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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