Arabic vocabulary
حَامِضٌsourness in Arabic
حَامِضٌ is how you say “sourness” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وكثرة الحامض تسرع الهرم
Excessive sourness accelerates aging.
الحَامِضِ — sourness. The al- marks this definite, 'the sour', and it sits in the possessed, 'of'-type ending because 'abundance' before it owns it: 'abundance of the sour'. The owned half takes this special ending to show which noun belongs to which.
From: The Art of Eating Well →
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