Arabic vocabulary
سِّجْنٌprison in Arabic
سِّجْنٌ is how you say “prison” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَقَامَ الْفَضْلُ حِينَ أَخَذَ يَحْيَى مِضْجَعَهُ إِلَى قُمْقُمٍ كَانَ بِالسِّجْنِ،
Al-Fadl rose when Yahya took his sleeping mat to a vessel in the prison.
بِالْسِّجْنِ — in the prison. The bi- here means 'in / at', marking location, and it fuses with a noun carrying al- 'the'. The preposition forces that noun into the genitive form. It completes the little 'was in the prison' description of the vessel.
From: A Son Protecting His Father →
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