مَنْزِلًاa lodging

Example sentences

• فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ أُمَيَّةُ أَخَذَ لَا يَنْزِلُ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا عَقَلَ بَعِيرَهُ،

  When Umayya went out, he would not stop at any lodging except to tether his camel.

  مَنْزِلًا — a lodging. A noun without 'the' (so 'any lodging') in the object (accusative) shape, where the verb of stopping lands. The accusative marks it as the place the halting affects, and its indefiniteness gives 'any resting-place'.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• فَنَزَلَ يَوْمًا مَنْزِلًا فَدَخَلَ الْأَرَاكَ،

  One day he stopped at a lodging, and then he entered the thickets.

  مَنْزِلًا — a lodging. An indefinite noun in the object ending (the '-an' tail), naming the resting-place he stopped at; here it works like a destination, the lodging he came down to.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →