Arabic vocabulary

لَطِيفَةsubtle in Arabic

لَطِيفَة is how you say “subtle” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وفي التعبير عن الأعمال بالسر لطيفة وهو أن الأعمال نتائج السرائر الباطنة
And there is a subtlety in expressing deeds in secrecy, as deeds are the results of hidden inner states.
لَطِيفَةٌ — a subtlety. An indefinite noun standing as the delayed subject of the opening 'in... there is': 'there is a subtlety'. Its subject ending marks it as the thing that exists, and Arabic regularly puts such an existing subject after its location phrase, unlike English which fronts 'there is'.
From: Preparing for Judgment Day →

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