Arabic vocabulary
How to say “sharpness” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وصبر فِي مدَّته من مدى العدى على وَقع الشبا
He endured during his time the sharpness of enemies' blades.
مَدَى — sharpness. 'Edge / reach', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the edges of the enemies' — genitive after 'from' (a weak ending, so unmarked). It owns the noun that follows.
From: Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam →OpenArabic teaches words like مَدَى through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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