الْقَدَحَthe cup

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ الْقَدَحَ،

  Then he returns the cup to me.

  الْقَدَحَ — the cup. The noun 'cup' made definite by 'the', the object handed back and so in the object form; the definiteness points to the same specific cup. It is the thing returned. The object-form ending marks it as the receiver of the action.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →

• قَالَ فَأَرِنِي فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ الْقَدَحَ

  He said, "Show me," so I gave him the cup.

  الْقَدَحَ — the cup. A noun carrying 'the', so it points to a definite, already-relevant object, and its ending marks it as what the verb acts upon. It is the second thing handed over in a give-X-to-Y verb, the item, while the person was already named by the pronoun on the verb. The definiteness signals this cup is the known one in the scene.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →