أَنْيَابٌand fangs in Arabic

Example sentences

• جُرْذًا لَهُ مَخَالِبٌ وَأَنْيَابٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ

  A mouse that had claws and fangs of iron.

  وَأَنْيَابٌ — and fangs. A 'wa-' fused to an indefinite plural noun, 'and fangs'. The 'wa-' links this to 'claws', adding a second thing the rat possesses, and it shares the same subject role in the have-statement. So the pairing extends 'it had claws and fangs', both standing as what exists for the rat.

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