خَنْدَقِTrench

Example sentences

• لَيْلَةُ الْخَنْدَقِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ بَارِدَةٍ

  The night of the Trench was cold.

  الخَنْدَق — the Trench. This is the owner half of the possessive pair started by 'night'. It is a proper place-name, already definite by being a name, and it sits in the slot a possessive chain forces (the 'of' position). Because it follows directly with nothing between, it pins down which night is meant without any linking word.

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