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Kalimāt: Arabic for Islamic and Arabic Studies

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English: Arabic (vocalized/unvocalized):
heroic epic

ملحمة ج ملاحم‏

مَلْحَمَةٌ ج مَلاحِمُ‏

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Categories:
Speech register: lofty
Knowledge: active
Lesson: 20
Frequency: 2
Part of speech: Noun
Morphological category: n. loci & temporis
Morph. pattern: مَفْعَلَةٌ
Root: لحم
Subject: Art and literature

Sample sentences:

‫الأَلْياذَةُ مَلْحَمَةٌ شِعْرِيَّةٌ للشَّاعِر هوميروسَ تَحْكِي قِصَّةَ حَرْبِ طَروادَةَ وَتُعْتَبَرُ مَعَ الأوديسا أَهَمَّ المَلاحِمِ الأغريقيَّةِ‬