غَنَمsheep

Example sentences

• فجاءنى بعد حين فقال يا عبد الله أدّ إلى أجرى، فقلت كل ما ترى من أجرك من الإبل والبقر والغنم والرقيق

  After some time, he returned to me and said: 'O Servant of Allah, return my wages to me.' I said: 'Look at everything you see; it is all from your wages: camels, cows, sheep, and servants.'

  وَالْغَنَمِ — and the sheep. This joins the connector wa- to a noun in the 'of' (genitive) ending, 'and the sheep'. The wa- adds a third item to the list, carried along under the same governing 'of'.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →