اِمْرَأَةٍa woman in Arabic

Example sentences

• لَا تَخْلُوا بِاِمْرَأَةٍ غَيْرِ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ

  Do not be alone with a woman who has no mahram.

  بِاِمْرَأَةٍ — with a woman. The preposition bi- 'with' fused to the noun 'woman', marking the company one is forbidden to keep. The bi- forces the noun into the 'of' (genitive) ending, and the noun is left indefinite, 'a woman', any woman of the kind described.

  From: Charity and Stinginess →

• إِذْ مَرَّ بِاِمْرَأَةٍ تَصِيحُ بِابْنِهَا يَا وَلَدِي

  When he passed by a woman who was crying out for her son, she cried, "O my son!"

  بِاِمْرَأَةٍ — by a woman. A 'by/past' preposition fused to an indefinite noun, a woman, not the woman. With the passing verb, this 'by' marks who was passed, the way that verb reaches its object through a preposition. The indefinite ending introduces her as someone new, and the preposition forces the post-preposition case.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →