Arabic vocabulary
نَهَسَtook a bite in Arabic
نَهَسَ is how you say “took a bite” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فنهس منها نهسة وقال أنا سيد الناس يوم القيامة،
He took a bite from it and said, "I am the leader of the people on the Day of Resurrection."
فَنَهَسَ — He took a bite. The connector fa- 'so/then' fused to a past-tense verb. Fa- ties this biting to the previous step as what came next, and the verb carries 'he' inside its shape, stating the action and its doer in one word.
From: The Prophet's Intercession →
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