أَجْوَاءَatmosphere

Example sentences

• وَكَانَتْ الْأَجْوَاءَ بَيْنَ الشِّيْعَةِ وَالسُّنَّةِ المَشْحُونَةَ،

  And the atmosphere between the Shi'a and the Sunnis was tense.

  الْأَجْوَاءَ — the atmosphere. A plural-form noun read as a single collective, 'the atmosphere/climate', the topic of the 'was' clause. Although plural in shape it is treated as one thing, which is why the copula and adjective agree with it as a feminine singular.

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