Arabic vocabulary
ظَهْرِيmy back in Arabic
ظَهْرِي is how you say “my back” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
قَالَ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ حَمَلْتُهَا عَلَى ظَهْرِي، وَحَبَسْتُ نَفْيًا عَلَيْهَا؟
Did I not already carry her on my back and spare her from exile?
ظَهْرِيِ — my back. This noun, 'back', has the 'my' pronoun on its end and sits in the genitive because the 'on' before it governs it. Arabic attaches the owner straight onto the noun. So 'on my back' is built from a preposition plus a possessed noun in the genitive.
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