Arabic vocabulary
طَالِبَ is how you say “seeker of” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَلَمَّا كَانَ طَالِبُ الصِّرَاطِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ طَالِبَ أَمْرٍ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ نَاكِبُونَ عَنْهُ،
And when the seeker of the straight path was a seeker of a matter from which most people turn away,
طَالِبَ — a seeker of. A second use of 'seeker', this time the predicate of 'was', so 'the seeker was a seeker of...'; its accusative ending marks that predicate role after the 'to be' verb. It heads a fresh possessive pair with the following noun, restating his pursuit to build to the point.
From: Choosing Good Companions →OpenArabic teaches words like طَالِبَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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