Arabic vocabulary
هَجْوsatire
How to say “satire” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
ويندر على الشعراء المجودين من يتصون من الهجو،
And it is rare among skilled poets to refrain from satire,
الْهَجْوِ — satire. Genitive after the preposition, this names what is abstained from: satire/lampooning. It is the vice the rare, restrained poet avoids. Its ending answers to the preposition.
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