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ظَهْرِي my back in Arabic

ظَهْرِي is how you say “my back” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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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