Dung has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rotten wood cannot be carved; walls of dung cannot be worked with a trowel. | |
| 2. | You ask me, child, what love is? A star in a pile of dung. | |
| 3. | The Ostrich is the largest bird, the Wren the smallest; the Owl is the most despicable; the Hoopoe the most dirty (as it eats dung); the Bird of Paradise is most rare. | |
| 4. | Dung beetles are insects. | |
| 5. | "Someone can yell at you, maybe he's not your enemy; someone else can help you, without being a friend; when it's cow dung that covers you, you could at least be more discreet." This is what Muḥend-U-Yeḥya (MoḥYa) said, may he rest in peace, in the story he titled "The Bird". |