الآذَانَthe ears

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."

  الآذَانَ — the ears. The al- makes this plural definite, 'the' ears, the known whole, used here for listeners' attention. It is the receiver-of-the-action of 'quicken', so it wears the accusative object ending, marking it as what gets opened up.

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