Arabic vocabulary
مَاكِثresident in Arabic
مَاكِث is how you say “resident” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَزَالَ القلق وطاب عَيْش الماكث
So anxiety vanished, and the resident's life became pleasant.
الْمَاكِثِ — the resident. A doer-noun, 'the one who remains', serving as the owner in 'the life of ___', so it sits in the genitive. The participle turns the verb 'to stay' into a standing description of a person.
From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →
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