Arabic vocabulary
صَوْمَعَةcell in Arabic
صَوْمَعَة is how you say “cell” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَكَانَ جُرَيْجٌ فِي صَوْمَعَتِهِ،
And Jurayj was in his cell.
صَوْمَعَتِهِ — cell of him. The noun governed by 'in', wearing the genitive ending the preposition demands, and with '-hi' (his) glued on the end. So it is at once the place named by the preposition and a possessed thing -- 'in his cell'.
From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →
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