أَبْعَدَfarther

Example sentences

• إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ يَضْحَكُ بِهَا جُلَسَاؤُهُ يَهْوِي بِهَا أَبْعَدَ مِنَ الثَّرَيَّا

  Indeed, a man speaks a word that makes his companions laugh by it, and by it he sinks farther than the Pleiades.

  أَبْعَدَ — farther. A comparison-form adjective, the 'more X' shape, meaning 'farther / more remote'. It pairs with the 'than' preposition that follows to set up a comparison, ranking the fall as deeper than the distant landmark named next.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →