بَهَائِمِcattle

Example sentences

• بَلَّ يَجْرُونَ عَلَى عَادَاتِهِمْ كَالْبَهَائِمِ،

  Rather, they follow their customs like cattle.

  كَالْبَهَائِمِ — like cattle. The 'ka-' at the front is the comparison link 'like/as', drawing a likeness between these people and cattle. It governs its noun into the 'of'-style ending, and 'al-' makes that noun definite. The whole unit delivers the simile that caps the sentence: they move by habit the way unthinking beasts do.

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