Arabic vocabulary
كَعْبَةَthe Kaaba in Arabic
كَعْبَةَ is how you say “the Kaaba” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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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