Arabic vocabulary
How to say “seed” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
مِثَال تولد الطَّاعَة ونموها وتزايدها كَمثل نواة غرستها فَصَارَت شَجَرَة ثمَّ أثمرت فَأكلت ثَمَرهَا وغرست نَوَاهَا،
The example of the birth, growth, and increase of obedience is like a seed you plant, which becomes a tree, then it bears fruit, and you eat its fruit and plant its seeds,
نَواةٍ — a seed. nawa means 'a date-stone, seed'; the '-in' ending marks it indefinite — 'a seed'.
From: Seeds and Streams of Deeds →مِثَال تولد الطَّاعَة ونموها وتزايدها كَمثل نواة غرستها فَصَارَت شَجَرَة ثمَّ أثمرت فَأكلت ثَمَرهَا وغرست نَوَاهَا،
The example of the birth, growth, and increase of obedience is like a seed you plant, which becomes a tree, then it bears fruit, and you eat its fruit and plant its seeds,
نَواها — its seeds. nawa means 'seed, stone'; the ending '-ha' adds 'its' — 'its seed'; the object of 'planted'.
From: Seeds and Streams of Deeds →فَكلما أثمر مِنْهَا شَيْء جنيت ثمره وغرست نَوَاه
So whenever something from it bears fruit, you harvest its fruit and plant its seeds.
نَواهُ — its seeds. nawa means 'seed, stone'; the ending '-hu' adds 'its' — 'its seed'; the object of 'planted'.
From: Seeds and Streams of Deeds →وأقل محنة الكبير أن تقع النواة في الكوز،
The smallest trial of the elder is for the kernel to fall into the jug.
النَّوَاةُ — the kernel. This is the subject of the subjunctive verb, placed after it as Arabic prefers, and carrying the subject ending. The 'the' makes it the specific kernel in the saying, the thing that falls into the jug.
From: God's Promise of New Life →OpenArabic teaches words like نَوَاةٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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