Arabic vocabulary
أَهْوَاءُwhims in Arabic
أَهْوَاءُ is how you say “whims” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
أَقْبَلَتْ أَغْبَاشُ الظُّلُمَاتِ فَعَادَتِ الأَهْوَاءُ تُنْشِئُ بَدْعًا
The darkened masses drew near, and desires returned, bringing forth innovations.
الأَهْوَاءُ — the desires. A collective noun standing as the subject of the returning, grouping many desires as a single body. English needs a plural 'desires', but Arabic carries the whole set in one collective form taking a singular verb.
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