Arabic vocabulary
بمعنى is how you say “with the meaning of” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
والدافق قيل إنه فاعل بمعنى مفعول كقولهم سر كاتم وعيشة راضية
And it is said that "dafiq" is an active participle with the meaning of a passive, like their saying "sir katim" and "ʿīsha rāḍiya."
بِمَعْنَى — with the meaning of. A preposition bi- fused onto a verbal noun, 'with the meaning of'. The bi- here marks 'in the sense of' and forces the genitive; it heads a pairing introducing the unexpected meaning the form carries.
From: Creating Life from Nothing →OpenArabic teaches words like بمعنى through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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