دِرْهَمٌdirham

Example sentences

• قال الجار أكلت زرعًا قيمته عشرة دراهم

  The neighbor said: It ate crops worth ten dirhams.

  دَرَاهِمَ — dirhams. This is 'dirhams', the currency counted by 'ten'. Because 'ten dirhams' is built as 'ten of dirhams', this is the counted noun following the number. It is plural and indefinite, naming the units of value. Its ending reflects its role after the number.

  From: Justice in the Field →

• فقال الوالي للأعرابي أعطه عشرة دراهم

  The governor said to the Bedouin: Give him ten dirhams.

  دَرَاهِمَ — dirhams. This is 'dirhams', the currency counted by 'ten' in front of it, the counted noun in the 'ten of dirhams' build. It names the units of payment. Its ending reflects its position after the number.

  From: Justice in the Field →

• فقال الوالي إذاً خذ الناقة واعطه حمارك بدل الدراهم

  The governor said: Then take the camel and give him your donkey instead of the dirhams.

  الدَّرَاهِمِ — the dirhams. This is 'the dirhams', definite with 'al-', the owned term after 'in place of', so it takes the genitive ending as the second noun in that 'of' pairing. It names the money the donkey would replace.

  From: Justice in the Field →