القصد
“القصد” (аль-касд) — the intent in Arabic. Noun, level B1. The intent, the design, what one aimed at. "Without intent" Arabic says "without aim" — and the same word acquits better than any speech in court. In a live sentence: “القصد من الرسالة واضح” — The intent of the message is clear. Written with the characters ا, ل, ق, ص, د. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | القصد |
| Read in Latin letters | аль-касд |
| Translation | the intent |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The intent, the design, what one aimed at. "Without intent" Arabic says "without aim" — and the same word acquits better than any speech in court
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- القصد من الرسالة واضحаль-касд мин ар-рисаля ваадихThe intent of the message is clear
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “the intent” in Arabic?
«القصد», read “аль-касд”. In a live sentence: “القصد من الرسالة واضح” — The intent of the message is clear. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ا, ل, ق, ص, د.
How is “القصد” written in Latin letters?
аль-касд. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The intent, the design, what one aimed at. "Without intent" Arabic says "without aim" — and the same word acquits better than any speech in court. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.