Arabic vocabulary
تَدْمَعُ is how you say “sheds tears” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى لِسَانه وَقَالَ تَدْمَع الْعين ويحزن الْقلب وَلَا نقُول إِلَّا مَا يرضى الرب
And he pointed with his hand to his tongue and said, 'The eye sheds tears, and the heart grieves, but we do not say except what pleases the Lord.'
تَدْمَعُ — it sheds tears. Present-tense verb, 'it sheds tears', with a feminine ending agreeing with the feminine 'eye' that follows as its subject. The present form states a general, ongoing truth; agreement is marked on the verb.
From: Patience in Hard Times →OpenArabic teaches words like تَدْمَعُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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