رَيًّاmoisture

Example sentences

• كُلَّمَا ازْدَادَ رَيًّا ازْدَادَ مَرَارَةً

  The more moisture increases, the more bitter it becomes.

  رَيًّا — moisture. A noun naming what increases, in the accusative as a specifying complement that pins down the respect in which the growth happens. So it answers 'increased in what?'. Its case marks that specifying role.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →