مَلَّاحsailor

Example sentences

• 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 →

• 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 →