غَبُوقevening drink

Example sentences

• فنأى بى طلب الشجر يوماً فلم أرح عليهما حتى ناما فحلبت لهما غبوقهما فوجدتهما نائمين فكرهت أن أوقظهما وأن أغبق قبلهما أهلاً أو مالاً،

  One day, I was delayed by seeking wood and did not return to them until they had fallen asleep. I milked their evening drink for them, but I found them asleep and disliked to wake them or to serve my family or wealth before them.

  غَبُوقَهُمَا — their evening drink. This noun is the direct object of 'milked', so it takes the accusative ending, and it carries the dual possessor -huma, 'their (two) evening drink'. The suffix folds the pair-owners onto the noun, naming whose portion was prepared.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →

• فلبثت والقدح على يدى أنتظر استيقاظهما حتى برق الفجر والصبية يتضاغون عند قدمى فاستيقظا فشربا غبوقهما

  So I waited with the vessel in my hand until dawn broke, and the children were crying at my feet. They then awoke and drank their evening drink.

  غَبُوقَهُمَا — their evening drink. This noun is the direct object of 'drank', so it takes the accusative ending, and it carries the dual possessor -huma, 'their (two) evening drink'. The suffix marks the portion as belonging to exactly the two parents.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →