حِلْيَةٌAdornment

Example sentences

• لمّا نظرتَ في كتاب حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم الأصبهاني أعجبك ذكر الصالحين والأخيار،

  When you looked into the book 'Adornment of the Saints' by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani, you were impressed by the mention of the righteous and the virtuous.

  حِلْيَةِ — Adornment. A noun, 'Adornment', the owned half of the 'book of Adornment' pairing and itself heading a further pairing with 'the Saints'. Arabic can stack such possessive links, so this word is at once owned by 'book' and owner of 'the Saints'.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →