مُدُنِthe cities

Example sentences

• وَمَفْخَرَةٍ تَفَاخُرٌ بِهَا غَيْرُهَا مِنَ الْمُدُنِ،

  and a source of pride that other cities boasted about,

  الْمُدُنِ — the cities. A definite plural noun carrying al-, in the genitive because the preceding 'from' governs it. It names the wider category, 'the cities', that the boasting rivals are a portion of. The genitive ending is the visible mark of the preposition's reach.

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