Arabic vocabulary

مَنْكُوسupside down in Arabic

مَنْكُوس is how you say “upside down” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

رَأَيْتُ إِبْلِيسَ اللَّعِينَ فِي الْمَنَامِ مَنْكُوسًا
I saw the accursed Iblis upside down in a dream.
مَنْكُوسًا — upside down. A descriptive word in the accusative giving the state in which the figure was seen, 'while upside down'. Arabic uses an accusative noun this way to attach a circumstance to the main action, describing the subject's condition at that moment. It paints how the figure appeared in the dream.
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