مَاكِثresident

Example sentences

• فَزَالَ القلق وطاب عَيْش الماكث

  So anxiety vanished, and the resident's life became pleasant.

  الْمَاكِثِ — the resident. A doer-noun, 'the one who remains', serving as the owner in 'the life of ___', so it sits in the genitive. The participle turns the verb 'to stay' into a standing description of a person.

  From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →