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حَدًّا a limit in Arabic

حَدًّا is how you say “a limit” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

ثُمَّ أَشْفَعُ فَيَحُدُّ لِي حَدًّا

Then I intercede, and He sets a limit for me.

حَدًّا a limit

This noun is the thing acted upon, and its final -an ending (the tanwin you hear as 'limitan') marks it as both the direct object of the verb and indefinite, an unspecified, newly introduced quota. The ending is how Arabic flags object-hood without word order alone.

From Intercession on Judgment Day

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More example sentences

ثُمَّ أَشْفَعُ فَيَحُدُّ لِي حَدًّا فَأُدْخِلُهُمْ الْجَنَّةَ،

Then I will intercede, a limit will be set for me, and I will admit them into Paradise.

حَدًّا a limit

This noun is the thing fixed, and its -an ending marks it as both an indefinite, newly introduced quota and the object of the verb. The ending carries object-hood and 'some, unspecified' at once, without needing a separate article or word order to signal it.

From Intercession on Judgment Day

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