Arabic vocabulary
ازْدَادَto increase in Arabic
ازْدَادَ is how you say “to increase” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Example sentences
كُلَّمَا ازْدَادَ رَيًّا ازْدَادَ مَرَارَةً
The more moisture increases, the more bitter it becomes.
ازْدَادَ — it increased. A past-tense verb in a self-affecting (form VIII) pattern meaning to grow greater, its 'it' subject built in. It opens the first half of the 'the more ...' pairing. The pattern itself carries the 'increase' sense.
From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →كُلَّمَا ازْدَادَ رَيًّا ازْدَادَ مَرَارَةً
The more moisture increases, the more bitter it becomes.
ازْدَادَ — it increased. The same self-affecting (form VIII) increase verb repeated to open the matching second half of the 'the more ..., the more ...' pairing, its 'it' subject built in. Its repetition is what completes the correlation. The pattern carries the 'increase' sense.
From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →
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