حَوْضbasin

Example sentences

• وأول من يسمعه رجل يلوط حوض إبله فيصعق ويصعق الناس،

  And the first to hear it will be a man repairing the water basin for his camels, and he will fall unconscious along with the people,

  حَوْضَ — the water basin. This is the object of 'repairs', in the accusative, heading a possessive — 'the trough / watering-basin OF his camels'. So it both is what he mends and owns the noun to come.

  From: The Return of Jesus →

• كَمَا تذاد الغريبة من الْإِبِل عَن الْحَوْض

  Just as the stray camel is driven away from the water trough.

  الحَوْضِ — the water trough. This noun is the place driven away from, kept in the governed form by the preceding preposition. The 'the' makes it the specific known watering place.

  From: Ten Daily Supplications →