Arabic vocabulary
ثُّرَيّاthe Pleiades in Arabic
ثُّرَيّا is how you say “the Pleiades” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَهِمَمُهُمْ عِندَ الثُّرَيّا؛
And their ambitions are at the Pleiades.
الثُّرَيّا — the Pleiades. A proper noun, the name of a star cluster, made definite and taking the 'of' (genitive) ending forced by the 'at' before it. Used figuratively for great height, it completes the location-predicate, placing the aspirations as high as the stars.
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