Arabic vocabulary
How to say “weak” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وإن كان عند التحقيق يؤول إلى الإفلاس، لكنهم لم يكونوا يقبلون من المناظرة إلا ما يفيد ولو ظنًّا ضعيفًا للناظر
although upon closer examination it leads to nothing, they would only accept from debate what was beneficial, even if it gave only a weak impression to the observer.
ضَعِيفًا — weak. 'weak', adjective on 'surmise', accusative — even a faint probability.
From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →وَلَكِن استخراجك ضَعِيف
But your understanding of it is weak.
ضَعِيفٌ — weak. The predicate of the 'but'-clause, indefinite nominative — 'is weak'. With no present 'to be', the bare adjective carries the 'is'; the tanwin marks it indefinite.
From: Remembering and Loving God →ونبه سبحانه بكونه دافقًا على أنه ضعيف غير متماسك
And He, glorified is He, indicated by its being gushing that it is weak and not solid.
ضَعِيفٌ — weak. An indefinite adjective 'weak' as the predicate of the 'that'-clause: 'that it is weak'. There is no verb 'is'; the bare adjective beside the pronoun completes the statement, and its indefiniteness marks it as fresh information.
From: Creating Life from Nothing →OpenArabic teaches words like ضعيف through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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