صَبِيٍّthe child

Example sentences

• فَأَخَذَتَا يَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي الصَّبِيِّ الْبَاقِيِّ

  They then began to argue over the remaining child.

  الصَّبِي — the child. The al- makes this a definite, specific child. Following the preposition, it takes the post-preposition case. Its written 'the' attaches to a letter that swallows the l-sound in speech, so the article blends into the noun when read aloud even though it is still written.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →