بَعْضَsome of in Arabic

Example sentences

• ثم إن بعض طلبة العلوم من أبناء فارس والروم، صاروا مولَعِين بنوع من جدل المموِّهين،

  Then, some students of knowledge from the sons of Persia and Rome became obsessed with a type of deceptive argumentation.

  بَعْضَ — some of. 'some of', accusative (the subject of 'inna'), head of an 'of' pairing with 'students'.

  From: Misguided Methodology →

• غَيْرُ أَنَّ بَعْضَ الْحُمْقِ أَهْوَنُ مِنْ بَعْضٍ

  However, some foolishness is less harmful than others.

  بَعْضَ — some. This noun is the subject seized by the preceding 'that' particle, hence its accusative ending; it is also the head of an 'of' pairing ('some of...'). So it does double duty: subject of the clause and owner of the noun that follows. Its accusative is the grammatical effect of the particle.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →