Arabic vocabulary
شَطِّriverbank in Arabic
شَطِّ is how you say “riverbank” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
بِإِزَاءِ دَارِهِ عَلَى الشَّطِّ بِالْجَانِبِ الشَّرْقِيِّ،
Opposite his house on the eastern side of the riverbank,
الشَّطِّ — the riverbank. A definite noun 'the riverbank' carrying al-, in the genitive because the 'on' before it governs it. The al- marks it as the specific bank already known in context. Its case ending is the visible tie to the preposition introducing the location.
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