ثِيَابٌclothes

Example sentences

• لأنها مستورة عن العيون، مخبوءة تحت ثيابه، كعادة حامل المسك،

  because it is hidden from the eyes, concealed under their clothes, as is usual for the musk carrier,

  ثِيَابِهِ — their clothes. A broken plural 'garments' with '-hi' (his) attached, genitive after 'under'. The possessor points to the musk-bearer, under whose clothes it lies.

  From: The Meaning of Fasting →

• بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، إذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ،

  While we were sitting in the presence of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, one day a man with very white clothes appeared to us.

  الثِّيَابِ — the clothes. The 'the' makes this plural noun definite, and it closes the chain as the owner, 'the whiteness of the clothes'. As the final owner it takes the genitive ending; the whole stacked phrase means 'very white of clothing'.

  From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →