اِمْرَأَةٌa woman

Example sentences

• فَتَعَرَّضَتْ لَهُ اِمْرَأَةٌ وَكََلَّمَتْهُ فَأَبَى،

  Then a woman approached him and spoke to him, then he refused.

  اِمْرَأَةٌ — a woman. This is the doer of the approaching, and the -un tail marks it both as the subject and as indefinite -- 'a woman', someone newly introduced. Arabic shows 'a/an' by that tail-n rather than by a separate word.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →

• إِذْ وَلَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا اِمْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ،

  When a woman from the Helpers entered upon us,

  امْرَأَةٌ — a woman. This noun is indefinite ('a woman', not a known one), shown by its -un nunation, and it is the doer of 'entered', so it takes the nominative ending. It is the new arrival who breaks into the scene, named after her verb.

  From: Aisha Cleared of Slander →