Arabic vocabulary
كَنْزٍa treasure
How to say “a treasure” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُ كِتَابًا لَمْ أَرَهُ فَكَأَنِّي وَقَعْتُ عَلَى كَنْزٍ،
When I saw a book I had not seen before, it was as if I had stumbled upon a treasure.
كَنْزٍ — a treasure. The noun governed by the preceding 'on', indefinite ('a treasure') and in the genitive that the preposition requires. Its indefiniteness keeps the image general, any treasure, fitting the simile. It is the thing the figurative stumbling lands on.
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