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غُصْنٌ branches in Arabic

غُصْنٌ is how you say “branches” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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

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More example sentences

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

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