زِمَامٌa rein in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلْمَطِيَّهِ خِطَامٌ وَلَا زِمَامٌ شَرِدَتْ فِي كُلِّ مَذْهَبٍ

  If the mount had neither a bridle nor a rein, it ran off in every direction.

  زِمَامٌ — a rein. An indefinite noun ('a rein') as the second denied subject under 'nor', parallel to the bridle. Its indefiniteness keeps the denial sweeping.

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