Arabic vocabulary
مَشْرُبَةٌalcove in Arabic
مَشْرُبَةٌ is how you say “alcove” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَعَلَى بَابِ الْمَشْرُبَةِ وَصِيفٌ
And at the doorway of the alcove was a young attendant.
الْمَشْرُبَةِ — the alcove. A definite noun with 'al-' in the owned 'of' slot of 'door of ___', so it takes the genitive ending; the pair side by side makes 'the door of the chamber'. The 'al-' marks the specific chamber.
From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →
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