نَمَّa slanderer in Arabic

Example sentences

• قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ لِمَ قَالَتْ إِنَّهُ نَمَّاً ذِكْرَ الْحَدِيثِ

  She said, so I said, "Why?" She said, "Indeed he was a slanderer of the mention of the report."

  نَمَّاً — a slanderer. This noun is the thing asserted about 'him' by the emphasis-particle, so it sits in the accusative that particle requires. It describes the man's character as the point being insisted upon.

  From: Aisha Cleared of Slander →