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تَلِفَ ruin in Arabic

تَلِفَ is how you say “ruin” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

أَلا تَرَى أَنَّ الطِّفْلَ يُؤْثِرُ مَا يَهْوَى وَإِنْ أَدَّاهُ إِلَى التَّلَفِ

Do you not see that a child prefers what he desires, even if it leads to his ruin?

التَّلَفِ ruin

Genitive after 'to'; the 'the' makes it the definite endpoint — his very ruin, not just some ruin.

From The Discipline of Foresight

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