Arabic vocabulary
أَنْشَدَ is how you say “recited” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَأَنْشَدَ بَعْضُ الْحُكَمَاءِ
And some of the wise recited:
وَأَنْشَدَ — and recited. This verb is fronted by an attached 'and' linking it to the prior passage, with its 'he' subject built in, and it commonly serves to introduce a quoted verse. The 'and' threads it onto the narration. The verb supplies the reciting.
From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →وَأَنْشَدَ بَعْضُهُمْ
And some of them recited:
وَأَنْشَدَ — and recited. The wa- continues the narration, attaching this new report to the series. The past-tense verb it prefixes carries its subject inside it, awaiting the named subject that follows. This is the recurring narration-glue pattern.
From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →OpenArabic teaches words like أَنْشَدَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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