Arabic vocabulary
بُكَاءٌweeping in Arabic
بُكَاءٌ is how you say “weeping” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
اعرف قدر مَا ضَاعَ مِنْك وابك بكاء من يدْرِي مِقْدَار الْفَائِت
Know the value of what you have lost and weep like one who knows the worth of what is gone.
بُكَاءَ — weeping. A verbal noun 'weeping', set in the accusative as the verb's own noun (a cognate accusative) and first term of an 'of' pairing — 'weep the weeping of one who knows'. It intensifies the command: weep as such a one weeps.
From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →
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