جُرْذًاa mouse

Example sentences

• جُرْذًا لَهُ مَخَالِبٌ وَأَنْيَابٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ

  A mouse that had claws and fangs of iron.

  جُرْذًا — a mouse. An indefinite noun introducing a new figure into the story, here in the object-style ending as the thing brought onto the scene by the preceding narration. Left indefinite, it presents 'a rat' as a fresh actor, set up to be described by the words that follow about its claws and fangs.

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