النَّوَادِرُthe anecdotes

Example sentences

• وَعَنْ الأَصْمَعِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الرَّشِيدَ يَقُولُ النَّوَادِرُ تَشْحَذُ الأَذْهَانَ وَتَفْتُقُ الآذَانَ

  And from al-Asma'i: I heard al-Rashid say, "Anecdotes sharpen minds and quicken ears."

  النَّوَادِرُ — anecdotes. The al- makes this plural definite, 'the' anecdotes, the known kind. It stands as the doer of the two verbs that follow, so it serves as the subject of 'sharpen' and 'quicken'.

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