غَرَائِبُremarkable aspects of

Example sentences

• وَقَدَرٍ هَمُّهُمْ، وَحِفْظُهُمْ، وَعِبَادَاتُهُمْ، وَغَرَائِبُ عُلُومِهِمْ،

  the extent of their concern, their memorization, their acts of worship, and the remarkable aspects of their sciences,

  وَغَرَائِبُ — and the remarkable aspects of. This token fuses the linking wa- with a plural noun that heads an 'of' pairing: 'and the remarkable aspects of...'. As the first member it leans on the following possessed noun for definiteness. The wa- adds this final admired quality to the list.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →