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New article from Arabic for Nerds:
"الصَّلاةُ خَيْرٌ مِن الْنَّوْمِ: “Prayer is better than sleep” – Is it really “better”?"
The Islamic call to prayer is a tricky construction. In Sunni Islam, the muezzin uses khayr (خير) which strangely denotes a comparative (better). Why?
Read more: https://arabic-for-nerds.com/prayer-is-better-than-sleep/
#adjective #comparative #elative #evil #I-verb #Islamicphrases #Muezzin #pattern #SunniIslam #superlative #أَفْعَل #اسمالتفضيل #تنوين #خير #صرف #نحو
#adjective #comparative #elative #evil #i #islamicphrases #muezzin #pattern #sunniislam #superlative #أَفْعَل #اسمالتفضيل #تنوين #خير #صرف #نحو