لَّبَنُmilk in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ هَذَا اَلْلَّبَنُ

  He said, "Where did this milk come from?"

  اللَّبَنُ — the milk. The noun for 'milk' made definite by 'the', here the thing pointed at by 'this'; its 'l' blends into the following sound, a feature of certain 'sun' letters after 'the'. It is in the subject form as the topic of the question. The definiteness and the demonstrative together single out this very milk.

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• وَمَا هَذَا الْلَّبَنُ فِي أَهْلِ الْصُّفَّةِ

  And what is this milk to the people of the Suffa?

  الْلَّبَنُ — the milk. The noun 'milk' made definite by 'the', the thing the question is about; its 'l' blends into the following sound (a 'sun' letter effect). It stands as the topic of the 'what is...' question. The definiteness marks it as the very milk just seen.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →