قَواطِعُ obstacles in Arabic
قَواطِعُ is how you say “obstacles” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
القلب عارف، والقواطع كثيرة
The heart is knowledgeable, and the obstacles are many.
والقَواطِعُ and the obstacles
The wa- joins a second verbless sentence, and the noun is its subject, 'the obstacles', made definite by 'the' and standing in the subject case. As a plural it gathers all the hindrances about to be described as many.
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More example sentences
فهذه قواطع تحول بين القلب وبين معرفته
These obstacles stand between the heart and its understanding.
قَواطِعُ obstacles
This is the predicate naming what 'these' are, a plural meaning 'obstacles', so it stands in the subject case to match the demonstrative. Without 'the' it is indefinite; its plural shape has a special form that limits the case ending.
فإذا أراد العبد أن يصلح قلبه، فليقطع هذه القواطع،
If the servant wants to repair his heart, let him cut these obstacles,
القَواطِعَ obstacles
The thing being cut, so it carries the object ending that Arabic adds to a noun receiving the action. It also takes 'the', making it a specific, known set of obstacles rather than just any.