خِطَامًاa bridle

Example sentences

• فَرَحِمَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً جَعَلَ لِنَفْسِهِ خِطَامًا وَزِمَامًا

  May God have mercy on the man who made for his self a bridle and a rein.

  خِطَامًا — a bridle. An indefinite noun ('a bridle') in the accusative as the object of 'made' - the restraint he fashioned. Its indefiniteness and case mark it as the thing made.

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