Arabic vocabulary
قِصَرٌshort dagger
How to say “short dagger” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَلَمَّا تَصَافَّ الْقَوْمُ كَانَ سَيْفُ عَامِرٍ فِيهِ قِصَرٌ،
When the people engaged one another, Amir's sword had a short dagger in it.
قِصَرٌ — short dagger. The indefinite noun that the framing 'was' has been building toward: it is the new thing being introduced into the scene, left non-specific because it is fresh information. Its indefinite ending marks it as 'a' such item rather than one already known to the listener.
From: The Martyr's Reward →
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