Arabic vocabulary
صَوْمَعَةٌhermitage in Arabic
صَوْمَعَةٌ is how you say “hermitage” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَقَالَتْ مِنْ جُرَيْجٍ فَأَتَوْهُ فَكَسَرُوا صَوْمَعَتَهُ،
She said, "From Jurayj." So they came to him and broke his hermitage.
صَوْمَعَتَهُ — his hermitage. The object that got broken, with '-hu' (his) attached -- his cell. The suffix ties the structure to Jurayj, and the noun's ending marks it as the thing the breaking lands on.
From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →
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