Same letters, a second word
News Arabic is full of words that share their letters with everyday ones.
| you know | the new word |
|---|---|
| سِيَاسِيّ political | سِيَاسِيّ politician |
| رَصَاص lead | رَصَاص bullets, gunfire |
| أَثَر trace | أَثَر effect, impact |
| رَبِحَ to win | رِبْح profit (plural أَرْبَاح) |
Adjective or person?
سياسي after a noun describes it (political); with ال as the subject, it is a person:
| The politician talked about the political problems in the country. | تحدث السياسي عن المشاكل السياسية في البلد. |
Bullets are usually made of lead, so the metal gave them its name. The first رصاص is the subject; the second follows من, so it is the metal:
| Bullets are usually made of lead. | يصنع الرصاص عادة من الرصاص. |
Verbs that bring a preposition
حَذَّرَ مِن to warn against and عَلَّقَ عَلَى to comment on double their middle letter and always take their own preposition. خَلَقَ to create takes a plain object.
The people warned come straight after the subject, and من names the danger:
| Doctors warned people about the extreme heat. | حذر الأطباء الناس من الحرارة الشديدة. |
| The company refused to comment on the news. | رفضت الشركة أن تعلق على الخبر.rafadati ash-sharikatu an tualliqa alâ al-khabari. |
In the news, a new factory or project خلق فرص عمل, created jobs:
| The new factory created many job opportunities. | خلق المصنع الجديد فرص عمل كثيرة. |
Profit and interest
The verb رَبِحَ comes first with a subject after it; the noun رِبْح is usually seen in the plural:
| The company made big profits this year. | حققت الشركة أرباحا كبيرة هذا العام. |
في مصلحة means in the interest of:
| This decision is in the citizens' interest. | هذا القرار في مصلحة المواطنين. |
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