غَيْرُهَاother than it

Example sentences

• وَمَفْخَرَةٍ تَفَاخُرٌ بِهَا غَيْرُهَا مِنَ الْمُدُنِ،

  and a source of pride that other cities boasted about,

  غَيْرُهَا — other than it. A noun meaning 'other(s)' with the 'it' suffix attached, giving 'others than it'. It is the doer of the boasting, so it takes the subject-style ending; the attached pronoun marks what they are 'other than', namely the city. It names the rival cities as the ones boasting.

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