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1964: 125 Vol. II] to mean many or much. 'kam' is followed by a substantive in the genitive of the singular
or of
the broken plural, and requires a verb in the perfect as in:
kam
ğelman-an malak-tu!
How many a slave have I owned!
wa kam min malak-in fi ssamawat (Qur'an : 53- 26)
and how many an angel (there is) in the Heavens (Ghali, 2008: 526)
wa kam qasam-na min qary-tin kana-t
ðalima { Qur'an: 21:11}
and how many a town that was unjust We have shattered .(Ghali, 2008: 323)
'ka?ayy' is ordinarily used as assertory or exclamatory but rarely as an interrogative. It is
compounded of 'ka' and the 'genitive of '?ayy' .
It abounds in the Qur'an:
Wa ka?ayyin min nabyyin qatala ma
؟
ahu rebyyon kaθiir-un-a fa-ma wahan-u lima ?sabahum fi sabeel illah
{ Qur'an: 3- 146}
And similarly how many a prophet there has been along with whom myriads manifold have bought; so in no
way do they feel feeble for whatever afflicted
them in the way of Allah
(Ghali, 2008: 68)
Wa ka?ayyin min qaryatin ?amlaytu laha wa heya ðalima θumma ?axzt-u-ha { Qur'an: 22- 48}
And similarly many a town I have reprieved, while it was unjust; thereafter I took it (away) (Ghali, 2008:
338)
Wa ka?ayyin min qaryatin
؟
atat
؟
an ?amri rab-i-ha wa rusul-i-hi fa-ħasab-na-ha ħesab-an šadiid-an wa
؟
azab-na-ha ؟
azaban nukra (Qur'an: 65-8)
And (similarly) many a town there has been that rebelled against the command of God and His messenger,
so We reckoned with it a strict reckoning, and tormented it a highly maleficent torment! (Ghali, 2008:559)
Wa ka?ayyin min ?aayatin fi ssamawati wa l-?ard yamur-uun
؟
alyha wa hum؟
anha murid-uun (Qur'an: 12-
105)
And (similarly) many a sign (that are) in the heavens and the earth that they pass by, and they are veering
away from them! (Ghali, 2008: 248)
Ašša
؟
rawy comments on this verse that whenever you find this word ka?yyn, know that the noun following
is too many to count. It is definitely beyond counting or listing. I prefer to
call these nouns of numbers
measurement operators following Rett (2011).
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