حِمَى sanctuary in Arabic
حِمَى is how you say “sanctuary” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
كَالرَّاعِي يَرْعَى حَوْلَ الْحِمَى يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَرْتَعَ فِيهِ،
Like the shepherd who grazes around a sanctuary, nearly falling into it.
الْحِمَى a sanctuary
A reserved pasture fenced off as private, governed by 'around'. Its fixed final 'aa' shows no case vowel; the word sets up the forbidden zone the shepherd skirts.
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More example sentences
أَلَا وَإِنَّ حِمَى اللَّهِ مَحَارِمُهُ،
No doubt, the sanctuary of Allah is His prohibitions.
حِمَى sanctuary
The subject of 'inna', in the accusative, and the head of an 'of' pairing, 'the preserve of God'. In construct it drops the indefinite ending and leans on 'God' that follows.
أَلا وَإِن حمى الله مَحَارمه
Indeed, the sanctuary of Allah is His prohibitions.
حِمَى the sanctuary
First noun of an 'X of Y' possessive pairing: 'the sanctuary'. Arabic builds 'of' just by placing two nouns side by side, with no separate word for it. As the head of the pair it gives up taking its own 'the' and draws its definiteness from the owner that follows.