جِيفَةٌcarcass

Example sentences

• وَأَنت مَشْغُول بالجيف

  Yet you are occupied with carcasses.

  بِالْجِيَفِ — with carcasses. 'Bi-' (with) fused with a broken plural 'carrion / carcasses', genitive — 'with rotting carcasses'. The 'bi-' marks what occupies you: worldly filth.

  From: Overcoming Desire →

• حتى يصير شيخًا مهينا، ثم يصير إلى الموت، فيصير جيفة منتنة

  until he becomes a feeble old man, then he reaches death, becoming a decayed corpse.

  جِيفَةً — a corpse. The complement of 'becomes', with a bare indefinite ending: 'a carcass'. It names the last state in the sequence and takes the form such becoming-verbs require.

  From: A Path to Mercy →