Arabic vocabulary
مِرْفَقَةٌa cushion in Arabic
مِرْفَقَةٌ is how you say “a cushion” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَتَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ مِرْفَقَةٌ مِنْ أَدَمٍ،
And beneath his head was a leather cushion.
مِرْفَقَةٌ — a cushion. An indefinite noun 'a cushion' that is the delayed subject of the place-frame ('under his head was a cushion'); its plain subject ending and indefinite tanwin introduce the item. There is no 'was' word, just the place-phrase plus this subject.
From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →
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