نُّهُرِthe river

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ لَهُ الْقَامِرُ اِشْرَبْ مَا فِي النُّهُرِ

  Then the moon said to him, "Drink what is in the river."

  النَّهر — the river. A definite noun ('the river') in the form the preposition 'in' requires of it. The article 'al-' marks it as the known river of the story. Whether it is read as singular or plural, its case is set by the 'in' that governs it.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →