رُكْبَةَknee

Example sentences

• وَيَرْجِعُ ذُبَابُ سَيْفِهِ فَأَصَابَ رُكْبَةَ عَامِرِ فَمَاتَ مِنْهُ،

  The tip of his sword snapped back and struck Amir's knee, and he died from it.

  رُكْبَةَ — the knee of. The thing struck, and also the first half of an ownership pairing with the name that follows: it is the knee, owned by Amir. Its object ending shows it is what the verb landed on, while the bare 'the'-less form lets the following name supply whose knee it is.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →