مُعَاقَبَةِpunishment

Example sentences

• فَمَا وَجْهُ هَذِهِ الْمُعَاقَبَةِ؟

  So what is the purpose of this punishment?!

  الْمُعَاقَبَةِ — punishment. The noun that closes the 'of' chain begun two words earlier, so it is the owner side of 'the point of this punishment' and sits in the 'of'-style ending. The pointing word 'this' attaches to it, and together they supply the definiteness that the head noun of the chain was waiting to borrow.

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