Arabic vocabulary
How to say “reasoning” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
أنه لما كان بابُ المناظرة في الرد والقبول مُتَّسِعًا، وكل واحدٍ من المتناظرين في الاستدلال والجواب يرسل عِنانه في الاحتجاج، ومنه ما يكون صوابًا ومنه ما يكون خطأً،
that since the field of debate in rejection and acceptance was wide, and each debater in reasoning and answering would let loose his reins in argumentation, some of it being correct and some incorrect,
الاِسْتِدْلَالِ — reasoning. Genitive after 'fi' — 'adducing proof'; a form-X verbal noun.
From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →ومحل اعتراضه أو معارضته، وأين يجب عليه السكوت ولخصمه الكلام والاستدلال
the place of their objections or oppositions, and where one must remain silent while their opponent speaks and reasons.
وَالِاسْتِدْلَالُ — and the reasoning. 'and the reasoning', a second nominative joined by 'wa' — speech and argument both fall to the opponent's turn.
From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →OpenArabic teaches words like استدلال through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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