جِدِّseriousness

Example sentences

• الَّذِي يَكْسِبُهَا نَشَاطًا لِلْجِدِّ فَكَأَنَّهَا مِنَ الْجِدِّ لَمْ تَزَلْ،

  which gives it a zeal for seriousness, so that it seems to have always been serious.

  لِلْجِدِّ — toward seriousness. One unit fusing a preposition 'for / toward' onto a definite noun. It marks the direction of the vigor, 'toward seriousness', so the li- assigns the goal role and the al- makes that goal a specific known one.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →