Arabic vocabulary
How to say “the fool” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
الْأَدَبُ عِنْدَ الْأَحْمَقِ كَالْمَاءِ فِي أُصُولِ الْحَنَظَلِ،
Good manners in a fool are like water in the roots of the colocynth.
الْأَحْمَقِ — the fool. A definite noun in the 'of' (genitive) form because the position word before it governs it. It names the person in whom the manners are placed. Its case is set by that locative word.
From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →OpenArabic teaches words like أَحْمَقِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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