كَتِيبَةٌa detachment

Example sentences

• فَمَرَّتْ كَتِيبَةٌ قَالَ يَا عَبَّاسُ مَنْ هَذِهِ

  Then a detachment passed by. He said, "O Abbas, who are these?"

  كَتِيبَةٌ — a detachment. A feminine noun 'detachment' standing as the doer of 'passed', and indefinite ('a detachment'), shown by the '-un' tail, which is the indefinite subject ending. It is what the feminine verb before it agrees with.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• حَتَّى أَقْبَلَتْ كَتِيبَةٌ لَمْ يَرَ مِثْلَهَا،

  Until a company arrived unlike any he had ever seen,

  كَتِيبَةٌ — company. An indefinite feminine noun 'company / troop' standing as the doer of 'arrived', shown by the '-un' indefinite subject ending. It is what the feminine verb before it agrees with, and the relative clause that follows describes it.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ كَتِيبَةٌ، وَهِيَ أَقَلُّ الْكَتَائِبِ،

  Then a detachment arrived, and it was the smallest of the detachments.

  كَتِيبَةٌ — a detachment. An indefinite feminine noun 'a detachment' standing as the doer of 'arrived', shown by the '-un' indefinite subject ending. It is what the feminine verb before it agrees with, and the clause that follows describes it.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →