Arabic vocabulary
هَدْمٌruin
How to say “ruin” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فلما حل الهدم بودي سارة منع الولدان يجوز،
When the ruin befell Sarah’s town, children were no longer allowed to pass.
الهَدْمُ — the ruin. This is the subject of 'befell', placed after its verb as Arabic prefers, and carrying the subject ending. The 'the' makes it the specific ruin in the story, the calamity that struck the place.
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