مَذْهَبٍdoctrines in Arabic

Example sentences

• إِلَى أَنْ فُرُوقَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فِي مَذَاهِبٍ سَخِيفَةٍ وَبِدَعٍ قَبِيحَةٍ

  until the divisions of the Age of Ignorance became foolish doctrines and ugly innovations.

  مَذَاهِبٍ — doctrines. An indefinite plural naming a non-human, lifeless category. A key agreement rule rides on this: descriptions of non-human plurals are treated as feminine singular, which is why the adjectives that follow look singular and feminine.

  From: Finding the Prophet's Way →

• فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلْمَطِيَّهِ خِطَامٌ وَلَا زِمَامٌ شَرِدَتْ فِي كُلِّ مَذْهَبٍ

  If the mount had neither a bridle nor a rein, it ran off in every direction.

  مَذْهَبٍ — direction. An indefinite noun ('direction') as the complement of 'every', in the genitive. Its singular-after-'every' shape is how Arabic says 'every single direction'.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →