إِطَالَةٌlength

Example sentences

• إلا أنك شكوتَ من إطالته بالأحاديث المسندة التي لا تليق به وبكلامٍ عن بعض المذكورين كثير قليل الفائدة،

  However, you complained about its excessive length due to the chained hadiths that do not suit it, and about speech from some of the mentioned people that is lengthy but of little benefit.

  إِطَالَتِهِ — its length. A verbal noun, 'lengthening / its excessive length', with 'its' attached as possessor pointing back to the book. The suffix names whose length is meant, and the noun stands as what the complaint targeted.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →