Arabic vocabulary
شُحَّstinginess in Arabic
شُحَّ is how you say “stinginess” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَمَنْ يُوَقِّ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمْ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
And whoever restrains the stinginess of his soul, those are the successful.
شُحَّ — stinginess. This noun is what the verb restrains and so takes the object ending. It opens an 'of' pairing with the next word, giving 'the stinginess of his soul'.
From: Charity and Stinginess →
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