الْحُكَمَاءِthe wise

Example sentences

• وَأَنْشَدَ بَعْضُ الْحُكَمَاءِ

  And some of the wise recited:

  الْحُكَمَاءِ — the wise. This definite plural noun is the owning half of the 'some of ...' pair, so it sits in the 'of' (genitive) form and names the group a portion of whom recited. Its 'the' makes the whole phrase definite. It anchors the partitive expression.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →