مَسَاوِئflaws

Example sentences

• وأنا أكشفه لك فأقول مساوئه

  I will disclose it to you by mentioning its flaws.

  مَسَاوِئَهُ — its flaws. A noun, 'its faults', with 'its' attached as possessor pointing back to the book. The suffix marks the flaws as belonging to it; the noun stands as the object of 'I say', what is being laid out.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →

• وَأَصْلِحْ ذَلِكَ مَسَاوِئَهُ

  And correct its faults.

  مساويه — its faults. A plural noun for 'faults' carrying an 'its' fused on as possessor, 'its faults'. The attached pronoun marks ownership in one word, and it stands as the object of the command 'correct'. The suffix points back to whatever 'that' just identified.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →