LessonsKitab al-Sawm: Unconsciousness, Recovery, Menstruation and AbstentionQuiz

“Amsakā” is a third-person dual masculine past-tense verb. Its dual subject suffix refers to the two people named earlier: the traveller and the menstruating woman. Arabic commonly uses the masculine dual for a mixed-gender pair.

“ʿAn al-ṭaʿām wa-l-sharāb” is a prepositional phrase; “baqiyyata yawmihimā” specifies the rest of their day.

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Dual morphology in “amsakā”

Kitab al-Sawm: Unconsciousness, Recovery, Menstruation and Abstention

“Amsakā” is a third-person dual masculine past-tense verb. Its dual subject suffix refers to the two people named earlier: the traveller and the menstruating woman. Arabic commonly uses the masculine dual for a mixed-gender pair.

“ʿAn al-ṭaʿām wa-l-sharāb” is a prepositional phrase; “baqiyyata yawmihimā” specifies the rest of their day.