كَلْبُdog in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَيُدْرِكُهُ الْكَلْبُ فَيَأْخُذُهُ

  Then the dog catches up with it and seizes it.

  الْكَلْبُ — the dog. A definite noun 'the dog', the subject of the verb just before it, sitting after its verb in the usual verb-first order and carrying the plain subject ending. Its al- marks the specific dog. So it is the dog that overtakes the gazelle.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →