Arabic vocabulary

جِيفَةٌcarcass in Arabic

جِيفَةٌ is how you say “carcass” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

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 →

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