Definition
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عَتَبة دارِهِ
ʿatabat dārihi
عَتَبة دارِهِ هي الحافة التي تفصل بين داخل المنزل وخارجه.
The threshold of his house is the edge that separates the inside of the house from the outside.
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عندما دخلت المنزل، شعرت بأنني قد تجاوزت عَتَبة دارِهِ.
ʿindamā dakhalt al-manzil, shaʿartu bi-annī qad tajāwaztu ʿatabat dārihi.
When I entered the house, I felt that I had crossed the threshold of his house.
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كان الأطفال يقفون عند عَتَبة دارِهِ يلعبون.
kān al-aṭfāl yaqifūn ʿind ʿatabat dārihi yalʿabūn.
The children were standing at the threshold of his house playing.
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أخبرني أن لا أتجاوز عَتَبة دارِهِ دون إذنه.
akhbaranī an lā atajawaz ʿatabat dārihi dūna idhnihi.
He told me not to cross the threshold of his house without his permission.