هَدِيَّةٌa gift

Example sentences

• فَإِذَا كَانَتْ عِنْدَ أَحَدِهِمْ هَدِيَّةٌ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُهْدِيَهَا،

  So when one of them had a gift that he wanted to give,

  هَدِيَّةٌ — a gift. An indefinite feminine noun naming the gift, introduced fresh without 'the'; it is the thing that exists in the condition, the delayed subject of 'was'. Arabic comfortably places this subject after the location-phrase, and the verb's feminine ending agrees with it.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• وَإِذَا أَتَتْهُ هَدِيَّةٌ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ،

  And whenever a gift came to him, he would send it to them.

  هَدِيَّةٌ — gift. An indefinite noun 'a gift', feminine, the subject of 'came', which is why the verb took the feminine form; its indefinite 'n'-ending marks it as newly introduced. It stands in the subject form. Its femininity governs the verb's agreement.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →