Arabic vocabulary
مَهْلًاwait in Arabic
مَهْلًا is how you say “wait” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
مهلا فَأن ذمّ الروافض قد فار
Wait, for indeed the rage of the dissenters has boiled over.
مَهْلًا — wait. This is a bare noun in the accusative pressed into service as a command, 'easy now / hold on'. Arabic can fire off such one-word orders by putting a noun in the object case, with the verb 'act/go' left understood.
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