كَالْمَاءِ like the water in Arabic
كَالْمَاءِ is how you say “like the water” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
الْأَدَبُ عِنْدَ الْأَحْمَقِ كَالْمَاءِ فِي أُصُولِ الْحَنَظَلِ،
Good manners in a fool are like water in the roots of the colocynth.
كَالْمَاءِ like the water
This stacks a likeness-marker meaning 'like' and a 'the' onto the front of a noun, so the comparison and the definiteness are built into one word. The likeness-marker forces the 'of' (genitive) form. It opens the simile comparing the manners to water.
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وَلَيْسَ كَذَٰلِكَ؛ لِأَنَّ مِثْلُ الطَّبْعِ فِي مَيْلِهِ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا كَالْمَاءِ الْجَارِيِ،
But that is not so; for the disposition, in its inclination toward the world, is like flowing water,
كَالْمَاءِ like the water
The comparison prefix ka- ('like') fused onto a noun made definite by al-, giving 'like the water'. The ka- forces that noun into the genitive and supplies the predicate of the sentence: the disposition is being equated with water.