Arabic vocabulary
الْأُمُّthe mother in Arabic
الْأُمُّ is how you say “the mother” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَقَدْ تَحَمَّلَتْ الْأُمُّ بِحِمْلِهِ أَثْقَالًا كَثِيرَةً،
Indeed, the mother bore many heavy burdens in carrying him.
الْأُمُّ — the mother. This noun carries al- 'the' and is the subject of 'bore', wearing the subject-style -u ending that marks her as the doer. Arabic places the subject after its verb here, and the -u ending is what identifies it as the agent. So 'the mother' is the one who endured the burdens.
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