Arabic vocabulary
حُمَيْدِيّ is how you say “al-Humaydi” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَفِي ثَبْتِ كُتُبِ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ، وَكُتُبِ الْحُمَيْدِيِّ، وَكُتُبِ شَيْخِنَا عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ،
And in the register are the books of Abu Hanifa, the books of al-Humaydi, and the books of our sheikh Abd al-Wahhab.
الْحُمَيْدِيِّ — al-Humaydi. A proper name acting as the owner in 'the books of...', and so in the genitive. It is built on a relational '-iyy' ending that ties the person to a place or ancestor. It identifies whose books are next in the list.
From: A Life of Reading and Writing →OpenArabic teaches words like حُمَيْدِيّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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