No. 2,430 in Arabic

قتيل

"قتيل" means "killed" or "victim of killing."

In a sentence

وجدوا قتيلًا في الحقل.
They found a slain person in the field.
Here, 'قتيلًا' refers to an individual who has been killed, describing their state as the object of the sentence.
يدعون للقتيل بالرحمة.
They pray for mercy upon the slain.
In this usage, 'القتيل' identifies the topic of the prayers, emphasizing the person's state post-mortem as the subject of the noun phrase.
القصص تتحدث عن قتيل المعركة.
Stories speak of the battle's slain.
'قتيل' is used here in a possessive manner ('قتيل المعركة'), indicating association with the event (the battle) that led to their state.

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