Arabic vocabulary
How to say “sustain” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
يحسب ابن آدم أكلات يقمن صلبه،
A human needs only a few bites that sustain his spine.
يُقِمْنَ — that sustain. This is a present-tense verb in a special feminine-plural form that agrees with the plural 'mouthfuls' as its subject, describing what those bites do, hold his back upright. The agreement is why it carries this distinct ending.
From: The One-Third Rule →OpenArabic teaches words like يُقِمْنَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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