كَبِدِيmy side

Example sentences

• إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَعْتَمِدُ بِكَبِدِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْجُوعِ،

  If I were to lean my side on the ground because of hunger,

  بِكَبِدِي — with my side. This noun comes attached to a preposition 'with/by' at its front and the possessive 'my' at its end, so a single Arabic word does the work of an English three-word phrase. The preposition marks the body part as the instrument pressed against the ground. Watch how Arabic stacks prefix-noun-suffix into one unit where English needs separate words.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →

• أَمْرَضُوا كَبِدِي وَانْحَلُّوا جِسْمِي

  They made my liver sick and they wasted away my body.

  كَبِدِي — my liver. A noun 'liver', taken as the seat of feeling, carrying a first-person 'my' fused on as possessor, 'my liver', and standing as the object of the causing-verb. The attached pronoun marks ownership in one word. It is the part they are said to have sickened.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →