أَنْصَارِيِّal-Ansari

Example sentences

• قُلْتُ قَالَهُ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَأُسَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُضَيْرِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ

  I said: It was said by so-and-so, and so-and-so, and so-and-so, and Usayd ibn al-Hudayr al-Ansari.

  الأَنْصَارِيِّ — al-Ansari. An affiliation adjective formed to mean 'belonging to' a group, here marking descent from or membership in the Helpers. The pattern turns a group name into a personal label, working like an English '-ite' or '-an' tag on the name.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →