Arabic vocabulary
سُكْرِيُmy drowsiness in Arabic
سُكْرِيُ is how you say “my drowsiness” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَلَمَّا كَانَ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ ذَهَبَ سُكْرِيُ،
As the night drew to a close, my drowsiness left.
سُكْرِيُ — my drowsiness. This noun carries the attached possessive 'my', giving 'my drowsiness/drunkenness', and it is the subject of the verb 'went away' before it. The suffix ties the departing state to the narrator and makes the noun definite. Reading order puts it after its verb, but it is the thing that left.
From: A Night of Reckoning →
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