Arabic vocabulary

بِشِبْرٍby a finger's breadth in Arabic

بِشِبْرٍ is how you say “by a finger's breadth” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فَوَجَدُوهُ إِلَى هَذِهِ أَقْرَبَ بِشِبْرٍ فَغُفِرَ لَهُ
They found him closer to this one by a finger's breadth, and he was forgiven.
بِشِبْرٍ — by a finger's breadth. This is the preposition 'by' fused to an indefinite noun, stating the measure of difference: closer by one small span. The preposition governs the noun in the genitive, and the doubled 'n' sound marks it indefinite, quantifying exactly how much nearer he was.
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