Arabic vocabulary
عَدُوٍّthe enemy
How to say “the enemy” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَسَارَ أَصْحَابُهُ مَعَهُ وَبِعَدِّهِ فِي ضَوْءِ نُورِهِ سَالِمِينَ مِنَ الْعَدُوِّ وَغُرُورِهِ
His companions set out with him and with his retinue, walking in the light of his radiance, safe from the enemy and its deception.
الْعَدُوِّ — the enemy. A definite noun in the genitive shape assigned by the 'from' preposition before it. The 'al-' fixes it as the specific enemy in view, and the ending matches what the preposition governs.
From: Finding the Prophet's Way →
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