قَعْبٍsmall container

Example sentences

• فَحَلَبَ فِي قَعْبٍ كُثْبَةً مِنْ لَبَنٍ،

  Then he milked into a small container a lump of milk.

  قَعْبٍ — a small container. An indefinite noun, a small bowl, governed by the 'into' before it, so it sits in the 'of'-style ending; its trailing '-in' marks it indefinite. It names the vessel the milk was drawn into. The preposition is what assigns it that ending.

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