غُصْنٌbranches

Example sentences

• وشكرت حتى سكرت غصون ضمر،

  And they expressed gratitude until the branches were satiated,

  أَغْصَانُ — branches. This noun is the first half of a two-noun possessive pairing: it is the thing owned, and the word right after it names the owner. Arabic builds 'X of Y' by placing the nouns side by side with no separate word for 'of', and being the first link means this noun drops any 'the' of its own and leans on the following word for its definiteness.

  From: Rain and God's Decree →

• الحمد لله الذي يسبحه الغصن الرطيب والعود اليبيس،

  Praise be to Allah, whom the fresh branch and the dry twig glorify.

  الغُصْنُ — the branch. Placed after its verb, this definite noun is the real doer of the glorifying and stands in the plain subject ending. The 'the' marks it as a specific known thing, and its post-verb position is normal Arabic order.

  From: Adam and the Rebel →