Arabic vocabulary
الْحُكَمَاءِthe wise in Arabic
الْحُكَمَاءِ is how you say “the wise” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَأَنْشَدَ بَعْضُ الْحُكَمَاءِ
And some of the wise recited:
الْحُكَمَاءِ — the wise. This definite plural noun is the owning half of the 'some of ...' pair, so it sits in the 'of' (genitive) form and names the group a portion of whom recited. Its 'the' makes the whole phrase definite. It anchors the partitive expression.
From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →
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