مُجَلَّدٍvolume in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَإِذَا بِهِ يَحْتَوِي عَلَى سِتَّةِ آلاَفٍ مُجَلَّدٍ،

  Then it contained six thousand volumes.

  مُجَلَّدٍ — volume. The single counted noun that the whole 'six thousand' measures. Arabic puts the thing counted after large round numbers into the singular, so 'volume' appears in the singular even though thousands are meant. Its shape is governed by the counting structure, not by real-world plurality.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →

• قَالَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ عَنْ كِتَابِ الْفُنُونِ وَهَذَا الْكِتَابُ مِئَتَا مُجَلَّدٍ،

  He, may God have mercy on him, said about the Book of the Arts: This book consists of two hundred volumes.

  مُجَلَّدٍ — volumes. The single counted noun the 'two hundred' measures, kept singular and in the genitive as the counting structure with hundreds requires. Arabic uses the singular for the thing counted after such numbers. It names the unit the figure counts.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →