قِدْحvessel

Example sentences

• فلبثت والقدح على يدى أنتظر استيقاظهما حتى برق الفجر والصبية يتضاغون عند قدمى فاستيقظا فشربا غبوقهما

  So I waited with the vessel in my hand until dawn broke, and the children were crying at my feet. They then awoke and drank their evening drink.

  وَالْقِدْحُ — and the vessel. This joins the connector wa- to a noun and opens a background 'with...' clause: 'and the vessel (being) in my hand'. Here wa- introduces a side-circumstance running alongside the main verb, painting the scene while he waited, not advancing the action.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →