Arabic vocabulary
رِكَابِthe reins
How to say “the reins” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمُرُّ كَشَدِّ الرِّكَابِ،
And among them are those who pass like the tightening of the reins.
الرِّكَابِ — the reins. A definite plural ('the reins') owned by 'tightening' before it, closing that 'of' pairing as 'the tightening of the reins'. As the owner term it takes the genitive ending. The al- supplies 'the' without a separate word.
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