Arabic vocabulary
How to say “water” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
قال أبقراط استدامة الصحبة بعب الماء، ويترك الامتلاء من الطعام والشراب
Hippocrates said that maintaining health involves drinking water and avoiding fullness from food and drink.
الماءِ — the water. This is the noun governed by 'by', in the genitive because of it and made definite by 'al-'. It is the owned element of 'gulping of the water', naming what is drunk.
From: Moderation in Medicine →OpenArabic teaches words like ماءٍ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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