Arabic vocabulary
لَيِّنsoft in Arabic
لَيِّن is how you say “soft” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
إن وجدتَ قلبَك ألينَ، ولسانَك أصدقَ، ويَدَك أعدلَ، فذلك ثمرُه
If you find your heart softer, your tongue more truthful, and your hand more just, that is its fruit.
أَلْيَنَ — softer. 'softer', the comparative of 'soft', accusative as the second piece of 'find X to be Y' — 'find your heart softer'. The af'al comparative shape names a 'more' without a separate 'more'.
From: Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart →
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