Arabic vocabulary
عَقْدَthe marriage contract
How to say “the marriage contract” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ بَعْضُ الْعُلَمَاءِ أَنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ حَضَرَ الْعَقْدَ وَمَعَهُ بَنُو مُضَرٍ،
Some scholars reported that Abu Talib attended the marriage contract accompanied by the Banu Mudar.
الْعَقْدَ — the marriage contract. A noun made definite by al- ('the marriage contract'), the direct object of 'attended', which is why it carries the accusative ending. The accusative marks it as the thing attended.
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