إِبِلcamel

Example sentences

• وأول من يسمعه رجل يلوط حوض إبله فيصعق ويصعق الناس،

  And the first to hear it will be a man repairing the water basin for his camels, and he will fall unconscious along with the people,

  إِبِلِهِ — for his camels. This completes 'the basin of his camels', in the genitive as owner, with attached 'his'. The pronoun ties the camels to the man. A mundane chore at the world's end.

  From: The Return of Jesus →

• كَمَا تذاد الغريبة من الْإِبِل عَن الْحَوْض

  Just as the stray camel is driven away from the water trough.

  الإِبِلِ — the camel. This noun is the herd it is taken from, held in the governed form by 'from'. The 'the' frames the camels as a known collective.

  From: Ten Daily Supplications →

• فجاءنى بعد حين فقال يا عبد الله أدّ إلى أجرى، فقلت كل ما ترى من أجرك من الإبل والبقر والغنم والرقيق

  After some time, he returned to me and said: 'O Servant of Allah, return my wages to me.' I said: 'Look at everything you see; it is all from your wages: camels, cows, sheep, and servants.'

  الْإِبِلِ — camels. This noun is governed by 'of', so it sits in the 'of' (genitive) ending; the al- makes it definite, 'the camels'. It is the first item in the list detailing the multiplied wealth.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →