الاِسْتِصْبَاحِuse of a lamp / keeping a lamp lit

Example sentences

• فَمَنَعَهُمْ مِنَ الاِسْتِصْبَاحِ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْقَابِلَةِ، فَعَمَدَ الْفَضْلُ إِلَى الْقُمْقُمِْ مَمْلُوءٍ،

  So he prevented them from having a light on the following night, and so al-Fadl reached toward the flask full of water.

  الاِسْتِصْبَاحِ — having a light. This is a verbal noun on a 'seeking / making use of' pattern, meaning the act of getting light from a lamp, and it carries al- 'the'. After the 'from' it sits in the genitive. The pattern itself adds the 'seeking-to' nuance to the basic lamp root.

  From: A Son Protecting His Father →