Arabic vocabulary
صَوَاعِقُ is how you say “thunderbolts” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
كُلُّ بَرْقٍ رُبَّ بَرْقٍ فِيهِ صَوَاعِقُ حَيْنِ
Every flash of lightning may at times contain thunderbolts.
صَوَاعِقُ — thunderbolts. An indefinite plural formed by an internal-reshaping pattern, naming thunderbolts or lethal strikes. It is the subject of the small clause 'in it are thunderbolts', the deadly thing lurking in the flash. Its plural shape stresses the multiple dangers concealed.
From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →OpenArabic teaches words like صَوَاعِقُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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