Arabic vocabulary
حَيَّةُthe serpent
How to say “the serpent” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
أَنَّ الَّذِيَ دَلَّ حَوَّاءَ عَلَى الْأَكْلِ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ هِيَ الْحَيَّةُ،
That the serpent was the one who led Eve to eat from the tree.
الْحَيَّةُ — the serpent. The definite predicate noun identified with the subject by the linking pronoun: 'is the serpent'. With 'al-' it is specific, and it carries the -u ending of the predicate in such an equational sentence, naming who did the leading.
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