The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers 51:29

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Arabic English Morphology
Then came forward V
his wife Noun
فِى
with Prep
صَرَّةٍ ṣarratin
a loud voice Noun
فَصَكَّتْ faṣakkat
and struck V
her face Noun
and she said V
عَجُوزٌ ʿajūzun
An old woman Noun
عَقِيمٌ ʿaqīmun
barren Noun

His wife then entered with a loud cry, struck her face, and said, ‘A barren old woman?’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِی صَرَّةࣲ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِیمࣱ ۝٢٩

fa-aqbalati im'ra-atuhu fī ṣarratin faṣakkat wajhahā waqālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīmu