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ثِيَاب clothing in Arabic

ثِيَاب is how you say “clothing” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

نعم، ورأينا ذئابا عليهم الثياب،

Yes, and we have seen wolves wearing clothes.

الثِّيَابُ clothing

This is the delayed subject of that 'upon them [is]...' clause — 'clothing', a broken plural in the nominative — describing the wolves' state: dressed as men. So the whole tail is a circumstantial 'while clothes were on them', the disguise of the predators.

From Intention in Islam

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More example sentences

ولا يدع التجمل، ولا يمتنع من لبس جيد الثياب،

He did not forsake adornment and did not refrain from wearing fine clothes,

الثِّيَابِ clothes

This owner noun closes the 'fine of clothes' pairing, so it carries the governed ending while staying definite. It names what kind of clothing the fineness belongs to.

From The Grandson's Noble Grief

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