خَرْقِrags of in Arabic

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ طِفْلًا يَتَنَقَّلُ مِنْ خَرْقِ الْقِمَاطِ إِلَى خَزِّ الْخَزُوزِ،

  Then he brought out a child who moved from the rags of the swaddling cloth into the small chest.

  خَرْقِ — rags of. A noun 'rags / tatters' that is the object of 'from' (hence genitive) and heads an 'of' pairing with 'the swaddling cloth' next, giving 'the rags of the swaddling cloth'. It draws its definiteness from that owner.

  From: On Birth and Its Timing →