Arabic vocabulary
أَنْصَارِيِّ is how you say “al-Ansari” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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 →OpenArabic teaches words like أَنْصَارِيِّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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