زُهَرٌshining

Example sentences

• وظهرت من التخوم كالنجوم الزهر،

  And they appeared from the depths like shining stars,

  الزُّهَرِ — the shining. This word describes the noun just before it and must copy that noun's state: it is definite, and it sits in the same 'of' ending. Arabic adjectives chase their noun in definiteness and ending, so the matching shape is what ties this description firmly to the stars rather than to anything else in the line.

  From: Rain and God's Decree →