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شَاة sheep in Arabic

شَاة is how you say “sheep” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

قَالَ أَنْ تَلِدَ الْأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا، وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ

He said, 'That a slave woman will give birth to her mistress, and that you will see barefoot, unclothed, destitute shepherds competing in erecting tall buildings.'

الشَّاءِ of sheep

The owning half of 'shepherds of sheep', carrying the (genitive) ending and lending the pairing its definiteness. It is set right after its head noun with no separate 'of'. This is the same bare-juxtaposition possessive seen across these texts.

From When Gabriel Came to Teach

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