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مَاءً water in Arabic

مَاءً is how you say “water” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

هُمْ يَنْتَظِرُوْنَكَ قَالَ ضَعُوا لِيَّ مَاءً فِي الْمِخْضَبِ

They are waiting for you. He said, "Put water for me in the basin."

مَاءً water

An indefinite noun in the accusative, the object-marking ending, standing as the thing to be put. The lack of 'the' plus the accusative flags it as a non-specific direct object of the command.

From Prayer During Illness

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قَالَ ضَعُوا لِيَّ مَاءً فِي الْمِخْضَبِ قَالَتْ فَقَعَدَ فَاغْتَسَلَ،

He said, "Put water for me in the basin." She said; then he sat down and washed himself.

مَاءً water

An indefinite noun in the accusative object-ending, standing as the thing to be put. No 'the' plus the accusative marks it as a non-specific direct object.

From Prayer During Illness

هُمْ يَنْتَظِرُونَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ضَعُوا لِي مَاءً فِي الْمِخْضَبِ

They were waiting for you, O Messenger of Allah, so he said, "Put water for me in the basin."

مَاءً water

An indefinite noun in the accusative object-ending, the thing to be put; no 'the' plus the accusative marks a non-specific direct object.

From Prayer During Illness

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَأَنَّ لَوْ إِسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَاهُمْ مَاءً غَدَقًا

God, the Exalted, said: If they had remained steadfast on the path, We would have given them abundant flowing water.

مَاءً water

An indefinite noun standing as the thing given, so it takes the object-style ending. It is the direct target of the 'we would have given' verb. Left indefinite, it means 'water' as a substance, set up to be further described by the adjective that follows.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

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