كَبِيرًاold

Example sentences

• وَكَانَ شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا قَدْ عَمِيَ

  He was an old man who had become blind.

  كَبِيرًا — old. An adjective trailing its noun, the normal Arabic order: the described thing comes first, its quality second. It copies the noun's grammar to show they belong together, so it carries the same -an accusative ending forced by kaana on the pair. English instead stacks the adjective in front of the noun.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →