Arabic vocabulary
مَدَى is how you say “sharpness” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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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