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ضَوْءٌ light in Arabic

ضَوْءٌ is how you say “light” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

ياعجبا من يُغطي عين ضوء الشَّمْس فِي نصف النَّهَار

How amazing is one who covers the eye of the sun's light at midday!

ضَوْءِ the light

Sitting in the middle of an 'of' chain, this word is both owned (by 'eye') and owner (of 'sun'), which is why it carries the genitive '-i'. Arabic stacks possession like this with no 'of' words at all, just nouns in a row each leaning on the next.

From The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave

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