شَمْسُthe sun

Example sentences

• فَٱِرْتَحَلْنَا بَعْدَ مَا مَالَتِ اَلْشَّمْسُ،

  So we set out after the sun had inclined.

  اَلْشَّمْسُ — the sun. A definite feminine noun, the sun, made so by its fused 'al-' (the), standing as the subject of 'inclined' before it, so it takes the subject ending. Being feminine, it is what triggered the feminine '-at' on that verb. Its first letter is a sun-letter, so the 'al-' blends into a doubled 'sh' in speech (ash-shams).

  From: A Night with the Prophet →