Arabic vocabulary
الْبُنَّانِيَّal-Bunnani in Arabic
الْبُنَّانِيَّ is how you say “al-Bunnani” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَقَالَ لَا وَيَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ ثَابِتَ الْبُنَّانِيَّ
He said, "No. May God have mercy on you, for I heard Thabit al-Bunnani."
الْبُنَّانِيَّ — al-Bunnani. A relationship-name (a nisba, marking affiliation) in apposition to the previous name, also accusative to match it. It pins down exactly which Thabit is meant, and its doubled inner letter and ending mark the nisba form.
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