Arabic vocabulary
قَصِيرٌshort
How to say “short” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
العمر قصير، والأعمال كثيرة، والآجال مفاجئة
Life is short, deeds are many, and death comes unexpectedly.
قَصِيرٌ — short. The predicate adjective 'short', with a bare indefinite ending, completing the verbless sentence: life is short. It equates the subject with this quality, no verb needed.
From: Seize the Days You Have →العمر قصير، والأعمال كثيرة، والآجال مفاجئة
Life is short, deeds are many, and death comes suddenly.
قَصِيرٌ — short. The predicate adjective 'short', with a bare indefinite ending, completing the verbless sentence: life is short. It equates the subject with this quality, no verb needed.
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