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رُؤُوسُ heads in Arabic

رُؤُوسُ is how you say “heads” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَإِذَا بِثَلَاثَةِ نَفَرٍ قُعَّادٍ رُؤُوسُهُمْ فِي مُرَقَّعَاتِهِمْ

Then three people were sitting with their heads in their cloaks.

رُؤُوسُهُمْ their heads

A plural noun ('heads') with '-hum' ('their') fused onto the end, so one word means 'their heads'. The '-hum' reaches back to the three people, and the whole phrase starts a mini-sentence inside the larger one: their heads were down in their cloaks.

From Seeking Refuge from the Devil

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More example sentences

أَيْنَ قُرَيْشُ أَيْنَ قُوَّادُ النَّاسِ أَيْنَ رُؤُوسُ النَّاسِ

Where are the Quraysh? Where are the leaders of the people? Where are the heads of the people?

رُؤُوس heads

This is a plural noun, 'heads', used figuratively for chiefs, heading an 'X of Y' pair completed by the next word so it owns 'the people'. It is also the subject of the closing 'where are...' question. The following genitive noun names whose heads.

From A Spy in the Enemy Camp

نَادَوْا أَيْنَ قُرَيْشُ أَيْنَ رُؤُوسُ النَّاسِ

They shouted, "Where are the Quraysh? Where are the leaders of the people?"

رُؤُوس leaders

This is a plural noun, 'heads', used figuratively for chiefs, heading an 'X of Y' pair completed by the next word so it owns 'the people'. It is also the subject of this 'where are...' question. The following genitive noun names whose heads.

From A Spy in the Enemy Camp

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