رُعَاةshepherds

Example sentences

• 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.'

  رِعَاءَ — shepherds. A noun 'shepherds' that heads a possessive pairing, 'shepherds of sheep', set directly before its owner with no word for 'of'. As the head of the pairing it drops its own 'the'. It also continues the run of descriptions of the same people, so it sits in the accusative.

  From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →