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كَنْزٍ a treasure in Arabic

كَنْزٍ is how you say “a treasure” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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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