Arabic vocabulary
تَهَجَّىspell out in Arabic
تَهَجَّى is how you say “spell out” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ قَارِئًا بِنَفْسِهِ فَبِجَهْدِهِ أَنْ يَتَهَجَّى الأَسْمَاءَ وَالمُتُونَ
Because if he is reading by his own self, then by his effort that he spell out the names and the texts.
يَتَهَجَّى — spell out. A present-tense verb pushed into the subjunctive by the 'that' just before it, so its ending shifts from the plain present. It means 'spell out letter by letter', framed as the effortful aim he labours toward rather than something already done.
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