Arabic vocabulary
مَعاصِيsins in Arabic
مَعاصِي is how you say “sins” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ع ص ي (ʿ-ṣ-y)noun (plural of maʿṣiyah, verbal noun)Pronounced maʿāṣī
Meaning of sins in Arabic
- sins, transgressions — plural of maʿṣiyah, an act of disobedience
- acts of disobedience, rebellion
Maʿāṣī, the plural of maʿṣiyah (itself a verbal noun of ʿaṣā, 'he disobeyed him'), carries the literal sense of disobeying one in authority, such as a master, over into the broader sense of sins or wrongdoing.
Words from the same root
- عَصَىto disobey, rebel against
- عِصْيَانٌdisobedience, rebellion
- عَاصٍdisobedient, rebellious
- مَعْصِيَةٌa sin, an act of disobedience
- اِسْتَعْصَىto resist, refuse to obey
Common questions
- How do you say "sins" in Arabic?
- مَعَاصِي (maʿāṣī).
- What is the singular of معاصي؟
- معصية (maʿṣiyah) — a single act of disobedience or sin.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
وَكَذَلِكَ تداعي الْمعاصِي،
And likewise, the spread of sins.
الْمَعاصِي — of sins. al- = 'the'; maasi means 'sins, acts of disobedience' (plural) — the 'of…' word: 'of sins'.
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