Arabic vocabulary
جَوْفِhollow in Arabic
جَوْفِ is how you say “hollow” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَفِي جَوْفِ الْفِرَاءِ كُلُّ الصَّيْدِ،
And all the game was in the hollow of the fur cloak,
جَوْفِ — the hollow of. A noun 'hollow/interior', governed by the 'in' before it so it carries the genitive, and itself the head of a possessive pairing with 'the fur cloak' that follows. It names the inner space where, per the proverb quoted, all the prize is found.
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