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صَوْمٌ fast in Arabic

صَوْمٌ is how you say “fast” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وهكذا الصائم صومُه مستورٌ عن مشاهدةِ الخلق، لا تدركه حواسُّهم

and so is the fasting person; their fast is hidden from the view of creation, it cannot be perceived by their senses.

صَوْمُهُ his fast

'Fast' with '-hu' (his) attached, nominative — the start of a comment-clause about the topic 'the faster'. Arabic states a topic, then a fuller clause about it: the faster — his fast is hidden.

From The Meaning of Fasting

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More example sentences

فإن تكلم لم يتكلم بما يجرح صومه،

If he speaks, he does not speak with what harms his fast,

صَوْمَهُ his fast

'Fast' with '-hu' (his) attached, direct object of 'wounds', accusative ('-a'). The fast is what such speech would injure.

From The Meaning of Fasting

وإن فعل لم يفعل ما يفسد صومه،

and if he acts, he does not act with what invalidates his fast,

صَوْمَهُ his fast

'Fast' with '-hu' (his) attached, direct object of 'nullifies', accusative ('-a'). The fast is what such an act would void.

From The Meaning of Fasting

هذا هو الصوم المشروع، لا مجرد الإمساك عن الطعام والشراب

This is the prescribed fasting, not merely abstaining from food and drink.

الصَّوْمُ the prescribed fasting

The predicate naming what 'this' is, nominative, definite. A following adjective will specify it as the legislated fast.

From The Meaning of Fasting

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