بَعِيرَهُhis camel

Example sentences

• فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ أُمَيَّةُ أَخَذَ لَا يَنْزِلُ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا عَقَلَ بَعِيرَهُ،

  When Umayya went out, he would not stop at any lodging except to tether his camel.

  بَعِيرَهُ — his camel. A noun with attached -hu 'his' fusing owner and owned — 'his camel'. As the thing tethered it takes the object (accusative) ending, marking it as what the verb acts on.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• وَقَالَ بَعْضُ الصَّحَابَةِ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَنْحِي شَيْطَانَهُ كَمَا يَنْحِي أَحَدُكُمْ بَعِيرَهُ فِي السَّفَرِ

  And some of the Companions said that the believer drives away his devil as one of you drives off his camel on a journey.

  بَعِيرَهُ — his camel. A noun in the object accusative carrying the owner ending '-hu' (his), the thing driven: his camel. The case marks it as the object and the suffix names its owner.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →