مصباح

lamp

Arabic → English

Example

أشعلتُ المصباحَ لأنَّ الغرفةَ مظلمةٌ.

I turned on the lamp because the room is dark.

Pronunciation: ash-ʿal-tu al-miṣ-baaḥ li-anna al-ghurfah muẓ-li-mah

Grammar: مصباح is a masculine noun. Here المصباحَ is definite and in the accusative as the direct object of أشعلتُ. The pattern مِفْعال often indicates an instrument (like a tool or device).

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