Arabic vocabulary
شَّدِيدِsevere
How to say “severe” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَالْعَذَابِ الشَّدِيدِ ،
And the severe punishment,
الشَّدِيدِ — the severe. An adjective following its noun and agreeing with it in being definite and in case, so it reads 'the severe' attached to 'the punishment'. Arabic adjectives trail the noun and copy its definiteness and ending, which is how you know this describes the punishment, not something else.
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