Genderless figures are typically described as having male gender and are referred to with a male pronoun, as classical Arabic had no gender-neutral pronoun equivalent to English "it."

Highly literary form of the classical Arabic.

Mr. Arafat's speech was delivered with a resonant timbre and in a flowing, classical Arabic, translated by the official State Department interpreter.

The language of the Koran, classical Arabic, is used for writing.

The "masses" attend public state schools where the medium is classical Arabic.

Radio stations feature a variety of music, including traditional Lebanese, classical Arabic, Armenian and modern French, English, American, and Latin tunes.

Sought to give Arabic, both modern and classical, a central place in its system of education besides facilitating links with Muslim West Asia.

Practically all children attend Quranic school for two or three years, starting around age five; there they learn the rudiments of the Islamic faith and some classical Arabic.

The most sophisticated, classical Arabic is understood throughout the Arab world, but comes across on the page as akin to Shakespeare.

Latin; Greek, classical Arabic, Sanskrit, Old Norse, or the like?