أَشْجَارtrees

Example sentences

• فنأى بى طلب الشجر يوماً فلم أرح عليهما حتى ناما فحلبت لهما غبوقهما فوجدتهما نائمين فكرهت أن أوقظهما وأن أغبق قبلهما أهلاً أو مالاً،

  One day, I was delayed by seeking wood and did not return to them until they had fallen asleep. I milked their evening drink for them, but I found them asleep and disliked to wake them or to serve my family or wealth before them.

  الْأَشْجَارِ — the wood. This noun closes the 'seeking of the wood' pairing, so it takes the 'of' (genitive) ending and supplies the definiteness for 'seeking' before it. Arabic joins the two nouns directly with no separate 'of', naming what was being sought.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →