شَدِيدَةًsevere

Example sentences

• قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ شَكَا حَاجَةً شَدِيدَةً وَعِيَالًا فَارْحَمْهُ،

  He said, "I said, O Messenger of God, he complained of a severe need and dependents, so have mercy on him,"

  شَدِيدَةً — severe. A feminine adjective describing 'a need', copying that noun's indefinite and accusative markings to agree with it. Arabic makes the describing word echo its noun's gender and case, so the matching ending links 'severe' to 'need'.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →

• قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ شَكَا حَاجَةً شَدِيدَةً وَعِيَالًا، فَرَحِمْتُهُ فَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيلَهُ

  I said, O Messenger of God, he complained that he had a severe need and dependents, so I took pity on him and set him free.

  شَدِيدَةً — severe. A feminine adjective describing 'a need', copying that noun's indefinite and accusative markings to agree with it. Arabic makes the describing word echo its noun's gender and case, so the matching ending links 'severe' to 'need'.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →