Arabic vocabulary
ظِلٌّshadow in Arabic
ظِلٌّ is how you say “shadow” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَإِنَّ الْمَالَ ظِلٌّ زَائِلٌ وَأَمْرٌ حَائِلٌ،
For wealth is a fleeting shadow and a thing that obstructs.
ظِلٌّ — a shadow. This noun is the comment made about the wealth, the predicate completing the inna statement ('wealth is a shadow'). It takes the plain subject-style ending, which is the form a predicate noun wears even though inna put its topic in the accusative.
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