سِيمَاsign

Example sentences

• فقد كان قبل أن يدخل في هذه الصناعة منورا مضيئا، على محياه سيما السلف،

  So indeed, before he entered into this field, he was enlightened and radiant, upon his face the mark of the pious predecessors,

  سِيمَا — appearance of. This noun, the mark or sign, is the delayed subject of the 'upon his face was...' phrase, in the nominative, and the head of a possessive pairing. Because the place-phrase came first, this subject follows, owning the next word as 'the mark of'.

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