Arabic vocabulary
انْتَدَبَ is how you say “undertake” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
اذا كان الذين قد انتدبوا للرد على الفلاسفة قد حاروا ولحقتهم كسفة،
If those who set out to refute the philosophers were confused and affected by gloom,
انْتَدَبُوا — set out. This is a derived (Form VIII) verb whose pattern carries a sense of volunteering or taking on a task. The '-u' tail packs in the doers, 'they', so no separate word for the subject is needed. The built-in vowels-and-letters mold is what gives it the 'set themselves to' flavor.
From: Revelation Over Philosophy →OpenArabic teaches words like انْتَدَبَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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