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كَتِيبَةٌ a detachment in Arabic

كَتِيبَةٌ is how you say “a detachment” in Arabic.

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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.

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More example sentences

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.

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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

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