Arabic vocabulary
حِجْرlap
How to say “lap” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
ربي في حجرها،
He was raised in her care.
حِجْرِهَا — her lap. This noun carries an attached 'her' and is held in the governed form by the preceding 'in'. The fused 'her' points back to Umm Salama, marking in whose lap and care he was reared.
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