No. 1,265 in Arabic

الكتاب

The book.

In a sentence

أحب الكتاب الذي قرأته أمس.
I love the book I read yesterday.
In this sentence, 'الكتاب' refers to a specific book being talked about or referred to in the context of past reading.
الكتاب مصدر مهم للمعرفة في حياتنا اليومية.
Books are an important source of knowledge in our daily lives.
Here, 'الكتاب' is used in a general sense to represent books as sources of knowledge, emphasizing their importance without referring to a specific instance.
اشتريت الكتاب الجديد من السوق.
I bought the new book from the market.
In this case, 'الكتاب' denotes a particular book that was recently acquired, with the modifier 'الجديد' specifying its novelty.

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