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مَلَّاح sailor in Arabic

مَلَّاح is how you say “sailor” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

يغتفر ملاح سفينتها إلى جذفٍ واصطبار،

Its sailor overlooks the world, rowing with patience and endurance,

مَلَّاحُ the sailor

This is the front half of 'sailor of its ship', a possessive pairing, and the subject of the verb before it, carrying the subject ending. It draws its definiteness from the owner that follows.

From Preferring the Hereafter

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More example sentences

يُغْتَفَرُ أَمْلَاحُ سَفِينَتِها إِلَى جَذْفٍ وَاصْطِبَارٍ،

The sailor of its ship will be forgiven for his rowing and his steadfast endurance.

ملاح sailor

A noun naming a doer ('sailor'), here the one whose actions are forgiven and so functionally the subject of the passive verb. It heads a possessive link with the next word — 'sailor of its ship' — set directly before its owner with no 'of'. As the owned head it surrenders its own 'the'.

From This World Is Short

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