مَاءًwater

Example sentences

• 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 →

• 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 →