ضَعِيفٌweak

Example sentences

• ويحتمل احتمالا ضعيفا موافقة مذهبه

  Yet it bears a weak possibility of agreeing with his school of thought.

  ضَعِيفًا — weak. An adjective, 'weak,' in the -a form to agree with the possibility-noun it grades. It is the whole point: yes the verse COULD bow to his school, but only by a feeble stretch.

  From: Quran Interpretation and Debate →

• وفيها قولان ضعيفان

  And there are two weak opinions regarding it.

  ضَعِيفَانِ — weak. This adjective 'two weak ones' describes 'two opinions', agreeing with it in the dual ending and in indefiniteness. The dual agreement is the visible tie binding the adjective to its noun; it characterizes both opinions as weak.

  From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →

• لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ، رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ضَعِيفًا

  I heard the voice of the Messenger of Allah faintly.

  ضَعِيفًا — faintly. A describing word used here as a manner adverb -- the voice came across 'weak/faint'. Its -an tail marks this adverbial-state role, telling us HOW the voice sounded rather than naming a thing.

  From: The Barley Loaf That Fed Eighty →