Arabic vocabulary
تَلِفَruin
How to say “ruin” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
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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