العَيْنeye

Example sentences

• وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى لِسَانه وَقَالَ تَدْمَع الْعين ويحزن الْقلب وَلَا نقُول إِلَّا مَا يرضى الرب

  And he pointed with his hand to his tongue and said, 'The eye sheds tears, and the heart grieves, but we do not say except what pleases the Lord.'

  العَيْنُ — the eye. Definite noun, 'the eye', feminine, the subject of the tear-shedding verb, following it. The verb's feminine ending was set to match this subject; the 'the' marks the known organ.

  From: Patience in Hard Times →