Arabic vocabulary
How to say “rare” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
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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