Arabic vocabulary
صِّيَامِthe fasting in Arabic
صِّيَامِ is how you say “the fasting” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَعَلَى مَشَقَّةِ الصِّيَامِ
And on the hardship of fasting.
الصِّيَامِ — the fasting. The definite 'the fasting' closing the 'of' pairing as the owner, giving 'the hardship of fasting' its definiteness. Its al- ('the') blends in sound into the following consonant, a normal assimilation not shown in spelling. It carries the genitive ending as the owner term.
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