Arabic vocabulary
شَيْخُshaykh / elder / teacher in Arabic
شَيْخُ is how you say “shaykh / elder / teacher” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَأَنْكَرَ الشَّيْخُ وَصِدْقِ وَبِرٍّ،
The sheikh denied it, and he was truthful and pious.
الشَّيْخُ — the sheikh. A definite noun 'the sheikh', the subject (doer) of 'denied', so it wears the subject ending. Its 'the' marks the specific scholar as the one who rejected the charge.
From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →
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