وَمَيْلًاand a leaning

Example sentences

• وَمَيْلًا إِلَى عَادَاتِهِمْ وَتَقْلِيدًا لِكُبَرَائِهِمْ

  and a leaning toward their customs and an imitation of their elders.

  وَمَيْلًا — and a leaning. A wa- 'and' fused to a verbal noun in the object-style ending, 'and a leaning', parallel to the earlier 'out of following'. The wa- coordinates this motive with that one; the ending marks it as another reason-of-action. It adds a second driver of their behaviour.

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