عِيَالٌdependents

Example sentences

• قَالَ إِنِّي مُحْتَاجٌ، وَعَلَيَّ عِيَالٌ، وَلِيَّ حَاجَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ

  He said, "I am in need, and I have dependents, and I have an urgent need."

  عِيَالٌ — dependents. An indefinite plural noun standing as the thing 'upon me', the subject of the have-clause. With no 'the', it states the burden in general terms, the dependents the speaker must support; Arabic puts it after the preposition phrase to mean 'I have dependents'.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →

• قَالَ دَعْنِي فَإِنِّي مُحْتَاجٌ، وَعَلَيَّ عِيَالٌ لَا أَعُودُ،

  He said, "Let me go; I am in need and have dependents. I will not return."

  عِيَالٌ — dependents. An indefinite plural noun standing as the thing 'upon me', the subject of the have-clause. With no 'the', it names the burden in general, the dependents the speaker supports; its placement after the preposition-phrase yields 'I have dependents'.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →