لَذَّةpleasure

Example sentences

• ترى الرجل يقدم على أمر يظن فيه لذة أو منفعة، فينغمس فيه،

  You see a man rushing into something he thinks brings pleasure or benefit, and he immerses himself in it,

  لَذَّةً — pleasure. This is the object of 'he supposes', the thing he imagines is there, so it stands in the object case. With no 'the' it is indefinite, 'some pleasure', one of the two things he wrongly expects.

  From: Think Before You Act →

• فرب لذة عاجلة تكون سببًا لعذاب آجل،

  For, a momentary pleasure might cause future torment,

  لَذَّةٍ — pleasure. This noun is governed into the possessive case by the preceding 'many a' particle, though in sense it is the subject, 'a pleasure'. It stays indefinite without 'the', and the following adjective will describe it.

  From: Think Before You Act →