Arabic vocabulary
How to say “the immediate” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وَطُولُ الْأَمَلِ وَإِيثَارُ الْعَاجِلِ عَلَى الْآجِلِ
Lengthy hopes and preferring the immediate over the later.
الْعَاجِلِ — the immediate. This definite noun, an adjective used as a standing noun, is the owner in 'preferring of the immediate' and sits in the genitive. It names the near-in-time thing that is favored, and pairs against 'the later' coming up.
From: Three States of the Heart →OpenArabic teaches words like عَاجِلِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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