حَائِلٌobstructing

Example sentences

• فَإِنَّ الْمَالَ ظِلٌّ زَائِلٌ وَأَمْرٌ حَائِلٌ،

  For wealth is a fleeting shadow and a thing that obstructs.

  حَائِلٌ — obstructing. A describing word built from a verb (an '-ing' participle) attached to the 'thing' before it, marking it as something that blocks or comes between. It follows its noun in Arabic fashion and matches its ending, so it trails the noun and shares its form.

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