Arabic vocabulary

نَاكِبُونَturn away in Arabic

نَاكِبُونَ is how you say “turn away” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وَلَمَّا كَانَ طَالِبُ الصِّرَاطِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ طَالِبَ أَمْرٍ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ نَاكِبُونَ عَنْهُ،
And when the seeker of the straight path was a seeker of a matter from which most people turn away,
نَاكِبُونَ — turn away. A sound masculine plural participle, 'turning aside / shunning', used as the predicate of the descriptive clause, 'most people ARE turning away from it'. Its plural shape agrees with 'most of the people'. It casts the majority as habitually avoiding the path.
From: Choosing Good Companions →

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