شِعْر poetry in Arabic
شِعْر is how you say “poetry” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
مصرا على الاكتساب بالشعر رقيق الدين،
Insistent on acquiring gains through poetry, lacking in religious commitment,
بِالشِّعْرِ through poetry
The 'bi-' here is instrumental — 'by means of poetry' — naming the tool through which he earns. It forces the genitive on the following noun. The phrase pins down how the gain is won: through his craft.
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More example sentences
فليت شعري أنت ماذا عرفت؟ وما علمك،
I wish to know what you have understood? And what is your knowledge,
شِعْرِي my knowing
This noun, my knowing or awareness, is the accusative subject demanded by the wishing particle, with the possessor 'my' attached. In the idiom 'would that I knew', this word carries the knowledge wished for, its case fixed by the particle.
فهاتوا من أشعاركم وأحاديثكم
So bring from your poetry and your stories!
أَشْعَارِكُمْ your poetry
Genitive after the partitive 'from', and the attached -kum 'your' (plural) marks the possessor; so it is 'your poetry' as a group.