مَخَافَةًfearing

Example sentences

• فَوَثَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ مَخَافَةً أَنْ يَأْخُذَنِي

  I leaped at him and seized his hand, fearing that he might take me.

  مَخَافَة — fearing. This noun names a state of mind, 'out of fear', and it works adverbially to say why the narrator acted, taking the object-style ending Arabic uses for such 'because of' nouns. It sets up the worry-clause that follows. So it explains the motive behind the seizing.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →