ضَرْبَةٍa blow

Example sentences

• وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا يَحِسُّ بِضَرْبَةٍ مَبَنَّجٍ؛

  And know that one does not feel a cushioned blow.

  بضربةٍ — by a blow. The 'bi-' fused at the front links the feeling to its object; with this verb it marks what is or is not felt, 'feel [the impact of]'. It governs the indefinite noun after it into the 'of'-style ending, so the bundle means 'a blow' as the thing that goes unfelt.

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