أَكَلَاتbites

Example sentences

• يحسب ابن آدم أكلات يقمن صلبه،

  A human needs only a few bites that sustain his spine.

  أَكَلَاتٍ — a few bites. This is a plural noun 'mouthfuls', the thing said to be enough, left indefinite so it means just a few. Its plural form is a special 'small number' shape that already suggests a modest count.

  From: The One-Third Rule →

• وأكلات جمع أكلة، وهي اللقمة،

  'Bites' is the plural of 'bite', which is a morsel.

  وَأَكَلَاتٍ — and bites. The 'wa-' opens an explaining sentence, and the noun is the definite subject 'the mouthfuls', the word being defined, carrying the subject ending. It heads a verbless 'X is the plural of Y' statement.

  From: The One-Third Rule →