Arabic vocabulary
آيَةُ is how you say “verse” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
الْآيَةُ وَهَذَا إِسْتِفْهَامٌ نَفْيٌ وَإِنْكَارُ أَيٍّ
The verse: this is the interrogative particle expressing negation and repudiation.
الْآيَةُ — the verse. A definite noun 'the verse' set out as the topic under discussion, in the subject case. Its 'the' points to the specific cited verse the commentary is about.
From: Truthfulness and Righteousness →آيَةُ الزَّمَانِ، وَقُرَّةُ عَيْنِ الإِيمَانِ، رَئِيسُ الحَنَبْلِيَّةِ،
A marvel of the age, the delight of the eye of faith, the chief of the Hanbali school.
آيَةُ — marvel. An honorific head noun 'a marvel/sign', opening a string of praise-titles. It heads a possessive pairing with 'the age' that follows. As the lead term of a praise construct it draws its definiteness from that second term, forming a fixed eulogizing phrase.
From: Public Preaching →OpenArabic teaches words like آيَةُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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