Arabic vocabulary
فَضَائِلvirtues
How to say “virtues” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فالمحب يفرح بفضائله والمبغض يغتاظ حسرة
The lover rejoices in his virtues, and the hater seethes in anguish.
بِفَضَائِلِهِ — in his virtues. 'Bi-' (in / at) fused with a broken plural 'virtues' plus '-hi' (his) attached, genitive — 'at his merits'. The 'bi-' marks what he rejoices over.
From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →فضائله جليلة وَهِي خليّة عَن اللّبْس
His virtues are magnificent, and they are free from ambiguity.
فَضَائِلُهُ — his virtues. This is a 'broken' plural: rather than tack on an ending, Arabic pluralizes many nouns by recasting the vowels inside the word, so the plural barely resembles its singular. The fused '-hu' then adds the owner.
From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →
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