قُمْقُمْthe flask

Example sentences

• فَمَنَعَهُمْ مِنَ الاِسْتِصْبَاحِ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْقَابِلَةِ، فَعَمَدَ الْفَضْلُ إِلَى الْقُمْقُمِْ مَمْلُوءٍ،

  So he prevented them from having a light on the following night, and so al-Fadl reached toward the flask full of water.

  الْقُمْقُمْ — the flask. This noun carries al- 'the', marking the particular flask, and is the goal of the motion just set up by 'toward'. As that preposition's object it should sit in the genitive. The definiteness ties it back to the same vessel from earlier in the tale.

  From: A Son Protecting His Father →