يَدِhand in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَيُطْعِمُهَا بِيَدِهِ،

  and he feeds her with his hand,

  بِيَدِهِ — with his hand. This packs the preposition bi- ('with, by means of') plus a noun and the attached '-hi' (his), giving 'with his hand'. Here bi- is the instrument-marker, naming what he fed her by. The '-hi' ties the hand to the son and makes the noun definite, underscoring the personal tenderness of the act.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →

• فَأَخَذَ الْقَدَحَ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى يَدِهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَتَبَسَّمَ

  Then he took the cup, placed it on his hand, looked at me, and smiled.

  يَدِهِ — his hand. A noun 'hand' with 'his' attached at the end, one word for 'his hand', governed by the 'on' before it; the 'his' refers to the Prophet. The attached pronoun shows possession with no separate 'his'. It is the surface the cup rests on.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →