حُمَّىfever

Example sentences

• فَمَا أَفَاقَتْ إِلَّا وَعَلَيْهَا حُمَّى بِنَافِضٍ،

  So she did not regain consciousness except that a fever with shaking was upon her.

  حُمَّى — fever. The subject noun of that little 'upon her' clause: it is what sits on her. Arabic often states existence by simply placing the noun after the preposition phrase with no verb 'to be', so 'upon her a fever' alone means 'a fever was upon her', the verb being understood rather than written.

  From: Aisha Cleared of Slander →

• قُلْتُ حُمَّى أَخَذَتْهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ حَدِيثٍ تُحَدِّثُ بِهِ،

  I said a fever had seized her because of a story she was telling about it.

  حُمَّى — a fever. An indefinite feminine noun naming the ailment, with no al- ('the') so it is 'a fever', something newly introduced. It functions as the doer of the seizing verb that follows, placed first for emphasis on what struck her.

  From: Aisha Cleared of Slander →