قَرِيبًاaround in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَخَرَجَ بِهِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ

  So he went out with him around midday.

  قَرِيبًا — around. An object-shaped (accusative) word used adverbially to give an approximation — 'roughly, about'. Arabic often puts a noun or adjective in this accusative state to make it function like an adverb of degree.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• قَالَ لَا، مَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَجُوزَ مَعَهُمْ إِلَّا قَرِيبًا

  He said, "No; I do not intend to go with them except nearby."

  قَرِيبًا — nearby. An object-shaped (accusative) word used adverbially to mark extent — only 'a short way'. Arabic puts this word in the accusative state to make it work like an adverb of distance, completing the exception.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →