طَالِب pursuer in Arabic
طَالِب is how you say “pursuer” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فأظلمت الْمَطْلُوب وأضلّت الطَّالِب
So it darkened the sought one and led the pursuer astray.
الطَّالِبَ the pursuer
An active participle 'the one seeking', the object, accusative ('-a'), definite — the hunter. The participle frames him as the active searcher, now thrown off.
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More example sentences
قل لي هل يكون طالب من خدام السنة يتهاون بالصلوات ،
Tell me, can a seeker among the servants of the Sunnah be negligent in prayers,
طَالِبٌ a seeker
This indefinite noun, 'a seeker', is the subject of the verb of being before it, and so it stays in the plain subject ending rather than the object ending. Arabic marks the named subject of 'to be' this way while the predicate that follows takes a different ending.
وطرس الطلبة على اسمه ورسمه صورة ومعنى
And the students erased his name and form, both in image and meaning.
الطَّلَبَةُ the students
The al- marks this definite, 'the students', and it is the doer of the verb before it. Note the verb stayed singular while this subject is plural; an Arabic verb placed before its subject takes no plural ending, agreeing only in gender.
وأعوذ بالله أن أكون قد ضيعت الزمان في نعت بطلة الطلبة ،
And I seek refuge in God from having wasted time in praising a useless student,
الطَّلَبَةِ the students
The al- marks this definite, 'the students', and it sits in the possessed ending because the previous 'useless one of' owns it: 'a useless one of the students'. The owned half takes this ending, closing the chain of 'of' relationships.