جَذْعًاa stump

Example sentences

• لَيْتَنِي فِيهَا جَذْعًا،

  I wish I were a stump in it,

  جَذْعًا — a stump. The predicate completing the wish 'if only I were ...': the speaker pictures himself as this thing. Because the wishing particle governs it like kaana, the noun takes the -an accusative you can hear, even though English just says 'a stump' after 'were'. Left indefinite, hence 'a'.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →