Arabic vocabulary
جَفَاءٌcurtness in Arabic
جَفَاءٌ is how you say “curtness” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَأَجَابَتْنِي بِجَوَابٍ فِيهِ جَفَاءٌ،
She answered me with a curt reply.
جَفَاءٌ — curtness. This noun is the thing said to be 'in' the reply, and it works as the delayed subject of that little describing clause: 'a reply in which there was harshness'. Because the prepositional phrase came first, this subject follows it and stands in the plain subject form, naming what the curt answer contained.
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