Arabic vocabulary
حَجَرstone in Arabic
حَجَر is how you say “stone” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
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.
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