سَيْفٌsword

Example sentences

• إذ نظر عمر إلى عمير حين أناخ على باب المسجد متوشحا بالسيف

  Umar saw Umair when he arrived at the mosque's door, girded with a sword.

  بِالسَّيْفِ — with a sword. bi- = 'with'; al- = 'the'; sayf means 'sword' — 'with the sword'.

  From: Early Converts to Islam →

• فأقبل عمر حتى أخذ بحمالة سيفه في عنقه، فلببه به،

  Umar approached and took hold of the strap of his sword around his neck, then grabbed him firmly with it.

  سَيْفِهِ — his sword. sayf means 'sword'; the ending '-hi' adds 'his' — 'his sword'.

  From: Early Converts to Islam →

• قال فما بال السيف في عنقك؟

  He said: What about the sword around your neck?

  السَّيْفِ — the sword. al- = 'the'; sayf means 'sword' — the 'of…' word: 'of the sword'.

  From: Early Converts to Islam →

• قال قبحها الله من سيوف، وهل أغنت شيئا؟

  He said: May Allah curse these swords! Have they ever been of any use?

  سُيُوفٍ — swords. suyuf means 'swords' (plural); the '-in' ending — 'of swords'.

  From: Early Converts to Islam →

• فإن الأصولية بينهم السيف،

  For theology among them is like a sword;

  السَّيْفُ — is a sword. This is the predicate of 'indeed' — 'a sword' — nominative (the particle bends the subject, not the predicate). It is a stark metaphor: among them, the discipline becomes a weapon they wield against each other. The definite 'the sword' makes the image vivid and general.

  From: Scripture Over Speculation →

• وَيَقُولُونَ الصِّدْقُ سَيْفُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ

  And they say, "Truthfulness is the sword of Allah on the earth."

  سَيْفُ — is a sword. This noun is the predicate, the slot that says what the topic IS, and Arabic needs no 'is' word to join them; the two nouns sitting side by side already make the equation. It also opens an 'of' possessive chain with the next word, so it has dropped its own 'the' and will take its definiteness from the owner that follows.

  From: Truthfulness and Righteousness →