Arabic vocabulary
نَدْر is how you say “rare” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَنَدُرَ مِثَالُهُ أَنَّ شَهْوَةَ الْمَطْعَمِ إِنَّمَا خُلِقَتْ لاجْتِلابِ الْغِذَاءِ
A rare example of this is that the craving for food was only created to draw nourishment.
وَنَدُرَ — and rare. 'wa-' = 'and'; past-tense verb, subject built in — 'and ... is rare'.
From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →فَيَنْدُرُ مَنْ يَتَنَاوَلُ بِمُقْتَضَى مَصْلَحَتِهِ وَلا يَتَعَدَّى
So rare are those who eat only what benefits them and do not go beyond that.
فَيَنْدُرُ — so scarce. 'fa-' = 'so'; present-tense verb, subject built in — 'so rare is...'.
From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →OpenArabic teaches words like نَدْر through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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