Breakdown of سلة المهملات فيها نسخة مكررة.
فيه
there is
النسخة المكررةan-nuskha al-mukarrara
the duplicate copy
سلة المهملاتsalla el-muhmalât
the trash bin
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Questions & Answers about سلة المهملات فيها نسخة مكررة.
What does سلة المهملات literally mean?
It literally means the basket of waste/thrown-away things.
- سلة = basket
- المهملات = waste, discarded things, trash
Together, سلة المهملات is the standard way to say trash can / recycle bin / wastebasket in formal Arabic-style wording. In everyday Egyptian speech, people might also say something more colloquial like سلة الزبالة depending on context.
This is an idafa construction (a noun + another noun linked as X of Y), so there is no separate word for of.
Why is it فيها and not just في?
Because فيها means in it.
- في = in
- ها = it / her
So:
- في = in
- فيها = in it
In this sentence, فيها نسخة مكررة means something like there is a duplicate copy in it or more literally in it, there is a duplicate copy.
The ها refers back to سلة المهملات, which is grammatically feminine, so ها is the correct pronoun.
Why does فيها seem to mean there is here?