جَانِبِedge of

Example sentences

• مَنْ تُكَلِّمُ فِي جَانِبِ الْحَرَّةِ

  Who are you speaking to at the edge of the lava field?

  جَانِبِ — edge of. A noun, 'side/edge', in the genitive after the preposition and heading a possessive pairing, 'edge of'. It is incomplete until the next word names what it is the edge of, so it anchors the location chain.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →

• عَرَضَ لِيَّ فِي جَانِبِ الْحَرَّةِ،

  He appeared to me at the edge of the lava field,

  جَانِبِ — edge. A noun, 'side/edge', in the genitive after the preposition and heading a possessive pairing, 'edge of'. It is incomplete until the next word names what it edges, anchoring the location chain.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →

• بِإِزَاءِ دَارِهِ عَلَى الشَّطِّ بِالْجَانِبِ الشَّرْقِيِّ،

  Opposite his house on the eastern side of the riverbank,

  بِالْجَانِبِ — on the side. The preposition bi- ('on/at') fused to a definite noun meaning 'side', giving 'on the side'. The preposition governs the noun in the genitive, and the al- makes it definite. It opens a further spatial clause narrowed by the adjective that follows.

  From: Public Preaching →