Arabic vocabulary
قِرْبَةَ is how you say “waterskin” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
ثُمَّ اِحْتَمَلَ قِرْبَتَهُ وَزَادَهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ،
Then he carried his waterskin and his provisions to the mosque,
قِرْبَتَهُ — his waterskin. A noun with the attached 'his' fused on, so the possessor rides on the word. It is the object carried, its ending in the object case.
From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →OpenArabic teaches words like قِرْبَةَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
Get the app