Arabic vocabulary
كَعْبَةَthe Kaaba
How to say “the Kaaba” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَقَالَ كَذَبَ سَعْدٌ، وَلَكِنْ هَذَا يَوْمٌ يُعَظِّمُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ الْكَعْبَةَ،
He said, "Sa'd lied; but this is a day on which God magnifies the Kaaba."
الْكَعْبَةَ — the Kaaba. A definite name 'the Kaaba' carrying the article 'the', standing as the object of 'magnifies', shown by its '-a' ending. Arabic marks this receiving-the-action role by the vowel ending rather than by word order alone.
From: Conquest of Mecca Account →
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