No. 5,018 in Arabic
المثير
"The exciting" or "the provocative."
In a sentence
هذا الفيلم كان مثيرًا للغاية.
This movie was very exciting.
Here, 'المثير' is used as a descriptor to express that the movie was exciting or thrilling.
النقاش في الصف كان مثيراً للاهتمام.
The discussion in the class was interesting.
In this sentence, 'المثير' precedes 'للاهتمام' and collectively means 'interesting,' used to describe the discussion.
الخبر الجديد أثار فضولي بشكل مثير.
The new news aroused my curiosity in an intriguing way.
Here, 'مثير' is utilized in an adverbial phrase to indicate the intriguing manner in which curiosity was aroused.
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