لَبَنِmilk

Example sentences

• وَمَا عَسَى أَنْ يَبْلُغَنِي مِنْ هَذَا اللَّبَنِ،

  And perhaps some of this milk will reach me.

  اللَّبَنِ — the milk. The noun 'milk' made definite by 'the', the specific milk pointed at and governed by 'from', so in the post-preposition form; its 'l' blends into the following sound. It is the source of the hoped-for share. The definiteness ties it to the milk on hand.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →