ضَمَرٌDumur

Example sentences

• وشكرت حتى سكرت غصون ضمر،

  And they expressed gratitude until the branches were satiated,

  ضَمَرٍ — of Dumur. This is the second noun of the possessive pair, the owner, and it sits in the 'of' ending that the construction requires. Standing in that ending right after the first noun is exactly how Arabic signals the 'X of Y' link, with this word supplying whose branches are meant.

  From: Rain and God's Decree →

• وبان زخرف الدنيا وأفلح الضمر،

  And the adornment of the world became apparent, and the slender ones prospered,

  الضَّمَرُ — the slender ones. Placed after its verb, this definite noun is the real doer of 'prospered', and it stands in the plain subject ending. The leading 'the' marks it as a specific, known group, and its position after the verb is the normal Arabic order of verb-then-named-subject.

  From: Rain and God's Decree →