Arabic vocabulary
How to say “stone” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
إنك حجر منجنيق ورصاص على الأفئدة
You are a catapult stone and lead upon the hearts.
حَجَرُ — stone. A noun 'stone' serving as the predicate of 'indeed you are', and it heads an 'of' pairing with 'catapult' next - 'a catapult's stone'. The two nouns set side by side give the possessive with no word for 'of'. As the predicate completing the emphatic 'you are', it identifies what the addressee is likened to.
From: Sincere Worship →OpenArabic teaches words like حَجَر through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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