خَيْلٌhorses

Example sentences

• وارتعت إذا سعت فشبعت خيل وحمر،

  And they grazed when they moved, so the horses and donkeys were satisfied,

  خَيْلٌ — horses. Though it comes after the verb, this noun is the actual doer, and it stands in the plain subject ending. Arabic commonly puts the verb first and the named subject second; the un-prefixed, indefinite shape here marks 'horses' as 'some horses', a fresh, non-specific subject introduced after its verb.

  From: Rain and God's Decree →