مرbitter

Example sentences

• وإن كانت تؤول إلى الجنة، فهي حلوة في الحقيقة وإن كانت مرة في المذاق

  And if it leads to Paradise, then it is truly sweet, even if it is bitter in taste.

  مُرَّةً — bitter. The complement of 'was', describing the pleasure, with a bare indefinite ending: bitter. It takes the form such being-verbs require for the ascribed state.

  From: Paradise Over Pleasure →

• ألم تر إلى المريض كيف يمتنع عن الطعام اللذيذ خوفًا من زيادة المرض، ويشرب الدواء المرّ رجاء للشفاء؟

  Have you not seen how a sick person refrains from delicious food fearing an increase in illness, and drinks bitter medicine hoping for a cure?

  الْمُرَّ — bitter. An adjective 'bitter' describing the medicine. It trails its noun and copies its definiteness and form, agreeing with it: the bitter medicine.

  From: Paradise Over Pleasure →