Arabic vocabulary
اِسْتَوْحَشْتَ is how you say “you feel lonely” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَكُلَّمَا اِسْتَوْحَشْتَ فِي تَفَرُّدِكَ فَانْظُرْ إِلَى الرَّفِيقِ السَّابِقِ،
Whenever you feel lonely in your solitude, then look to the preceding companion.
اِسْتَوْحَشْتَ — you feel lonely. A derived (form X) verb 'you feel desolate/lonely', with its 'you' subject inside it. After the 'whenever' word it states the recurring trigger, and although built on the past pattern it reads as a general, repeatable situation rather than one finished event. Its result clause is introduced by the fa- on a later word.
From: Choosing Good Companions →OpenArabic teaches words like اِسْتَوْحَشْتَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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