طُولِthe length of

Example sentences

• الرُعُونَةُ تَتَوَلَّدُ عَنْ النِّسَاءِ فَتَلْحَقُ الرَّجُلَ مِنْ طُولِ صَحْبَتِهِنَّ،

  Rashness arises from women and clings to a man through prolonged companionship with them.

  طُولِ — the length of. This noun is the head of an ownership pair with the word after it, in the 'of' (genitive) form because the preceding preposition governs it. As pair-leader it drops its 'the' and leans on the following word. It reads as 'the length of ...'.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• وَقَصْرُ طُولِ النَّهَى، وَلَوْ فَكَّكَهَا بِالِانْتِقَالِ مِنْ حَالٍ إِلَى حَالٍ لَتَنَفُّسٌ عَنْهَا ضِيقُ العُقْدَةِ،

  He shortened the duration of his restraint; had he loosened it by shifting from one state to another, relief from the tightness of the knot would have followed.

  طُولِ — length of. This noun continues the chain, heading its own pairing with the next word, 'length of restraint'. It sits in the genitive owned-by slot of the 'shortening of...' phrase while itself owning the noun that follows.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →