Arabic vocabulary
How to say “the early authorities” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وَكَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الزَنْدَقَةِ وَعِبَادَةِ النُّجُومِ وَرَأْيُ الْأَوَائِلِ شَيْءٌ كَثِيرٌ،
And in it there was much heresy, star-worship, and many opinions of the early authorities.
الأَوَائِلِ — the early authorities. A definite plural noun 'the early ones / predecessors' completing the 'opinion of …' pair as its owner, in the genitive as the second member and lending definiteness back to 'opinion'.
From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →OpenArabic teaches words like الأَوَائِلِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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