سَائِبَةًroaming animal

Example sentences

• وَيُحَرِّمُونَ السَّائِبَةَ وَالْبُحَيْرَةَ وَالْوَصِيلَةَ وَالْحَامَ

  And they forbade the roaming animal, the animal marked for pregnancy, the animal tied to others, and the animal declared taboo.

  السَّائِبَةَ — the roaming animal. A definite noun in the accusative shape, the first item in the list of things forbidden, so a direct object. The accusative ending marks it as acted upon; it names a customary pre-Islamic category of animal.

  From: Finding the Prophet's Way →