اسْتِيقَاظwaking

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.

  اسْتِيقَاظَهُمَا — their waking. This noun is the direct object of 'waiting (for)', so it takes the accusative ending, and it carries the dual possessor -huma, 'their (two) waking'. The dual suffix marks the two parents as whose awakening he awaited.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →