Arabic vocabulary

مُتَصَنِّعputting on a show in Arabic

مُتَصَنِّع is how you say “putting on a show” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وَالْوَاعِظُ مُتَصَنِّعٌ بِوَعْظِهِ،
And the preacher puts on a show in his preaching.
مُتَصَنِّعٌ — putting on a show. An active participle, a noun-like form built from a verb to name 'one who is doing X', here 'one putting on a show'. It serves as the description pinned onto the preacher: Arabic states 'the preacher (is) showy' by simply placing this descriptor after him, with no separate 'is' needed.
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