مَيْلٌtendency

Example sentences

• وَقَدْ يَقَعُ التَّسَاوِي بَيْنَهُمَا فِي الْمَيْلِ بِالْهَوَى

  And there may be equality between them in inclination towards desire.

  الْمَيْلِ — inclination. Genitive after 'in'; the 'the' makes it the specific leaning at issue.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →

• وَكَانَ النَّاصِرُ لَهُ مَيْلٌ إِلَى الشِّيْعَةِ،

  And al-Nasir had an inclination toward the Shi'a,

  مَيْلٌ — inclination. An abstract noun 'inclination' that is the thing possessed — grammatically the delayed subject of the 'to be' verb, with the earlier 'to him' marking the owner. Its indefinite ending suits 'a certain leaning'.

  From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →

• وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَيْلٌ آخِرٌ أَيَّامِهِ إِلَى الشَّيْخِ أَبِي الْفَرَجِ،

  And in his final days he had no inclination toward the sheikh Abu al-Faraj,

  مَيْلٌ — inclination. An abstract noun 'inclination', the thing not possessed — the delayed subject of the negated 'there was', with the earlier 'to him' marking who lacked it. Its indefinite ending fits 'any leaning'.

  From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →