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جحا Joha in Arabic

جحا is how you say “Joha” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

من أخبار جحا الأحمق من حماقات جحا

From Joha's tales of foolishness:

جحا Joha

The owner closing 'tales of Joha', a proper name placed right after the head-noun. As the owning member it sits in the genitive slot, supplying the definiteness of a name to the whole pairing.

From Reflections on Literal Obedience

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More example sentences

من أخبار جحا الأحمق من حماقات جحا

From Joha's tales of foolishness:

جحا Joha

The owner closing 'follies of Joha', the name placed right after the head-noun in the genitive slot. The repetition of the name simply ties the second phrase back to the same character.

From Reflections on Literal Obedience

فأخذ جحا الدواء وذهب به إلى الحمار ووضعه في عينه،

Joha took the medicine and went to the donkey and put it in its eye,

جحا Joha

The doer, 'Joha', named after the verb in the usual verb-first order, carrying the subject ending. He is the actor of this stretch of the tale.

From Reflections on Literal Obedience

فغضب جحا ورجع إلى العطار

Joha was angry and went back to the herbalist

جحا Joha

The one angered, 'Joha', named after the verb and so carrying the subject ending. He is the actor of this turn.

From Reflections on Literal Obedience

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