Arabic vocabulary

الرَّاعِيُthe shepherd in Arabic

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

Example sentences

كَمَا يَذُودُ الرَّاعِيُ الشَّفِيقُ غَنَمَهُ عَنْ مَرَاتِعِ الْهَلَكَةِ
Just as the compassionate shepherd wards his flock away from pastures of destruction.
الْرَاعِيُ — the shepherd. This is a definite noun carrying 'the', and it is the doer of the warding verb before it, sitting after its verb in the verb-first arrangement. Its subject-form ending marks it as the one acting. It is the shepherd at the centre of the simile.
From: Under God's Shield →

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