غَرَابَةَsurprise

Example sentences

• فَلَا غَرَابَةَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ الْمُصَنِّفَيْنِ فِي الإِسْلَامِ،

  So it is no surprise that he was among the most prolific authors in Islam,

  غَرَابَةَ — surprise. An indefinite noun, 'surprise/oddity', in the object-style case demanded by the negation before it — the 'there is no X' construction puts X in that case. It is what is being denied, and its indefinite shape gives the sweeping 'no surprise at all' force.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →