جَدّgrandfather

Example sentences

• جد سيدنا ومولانا الإمام الواجبة ومخالفه جاهلي في مذهبي

  The ancestor of our master and lord, the Imam whose obedience is obligatory, and whoever opposes him is ignorant in my view.

  جَدُّ — the grandfather. This noun opens a possessive pairing, 'the grandfather of our master', set directly before its owner with no word for 'of'. As the first noun it takes its definiteness from the owner that follows rather than from its own article.

  From: The Story of Prophet Joseph →

• وَاِنْتَزَعَ الْوَزِيرُ مَدْرَسَةَ جَدِّهِ وَسَلَّمَهَا إِلَى اِبْنِ الْجَوْزِيِّ،

  The minister seized his grandfather's school and handed it over to Ibn al-Jawzi,

  جَدِّهِ — his grandfather. A noun 'grandfather' with a 'his' tag suffixed, completing the 'school of his grandfather' pairing as its owner; the suffix packs the possessor in, and tracking whose grandfather (the protégé's) is part of reading the line. It sits in the genitive as the second member.

  From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →