Arabic vocabulary
بَطْنstomach in Arabic
بَطْن is how you say “stomach” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ما ملأ ابن آدم وعاء شرا من بطنه،
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: A human fills no container worse than his stomach.
بَطْنِهِ — his stomach. This is 'his stomach', the noun after 'than', in the genitive because of it, with the attached 'his' pointing back to the human. It is the vessel being judged the worst to fill.
From: The One-Third Rule →
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