مَشْيًاat a steady pace

Example sentences

• وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمْشِي مَشْيًا،

  And among them are some who walk at a steady pace,

  مَشْيًا — at a steady pace. An action-noun ('walking') in the accusative, set right after its own verb to underline the manner, 'walks a walking'. This echoing accusative is Arabic's way of intensifying or specifying how the action goes, matched in English by 'at a steady pace'. The accusative ending marks the reinforcing role.

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