Arabic vocabulary
سَرِيَّةٌdetachment
How to say “detachment” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
والذي نفس محمد بيده لولا أن يشق على المسلمين ما قعدت خلاف سرية تغزو في سبيل الله أبدا،
By the One in whose hand is Muhammad's soul, if it were not hard on the Muslims, I would never remain behind any expedition that fights in the cause of Allah, ever,
سَرِيَّةٍ — expedition. This indefinite noun, 'an expedition', is the owner-half of 'behind an expedition', its possessor ending conveying the relation. The indefinite form keeps it general, any raiding party.
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