جَوْزِيّal-Jawzi

Example sentences

• كَانَ اِبْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ أَنِيقًا فِي مَظْهَرِهِ نَزِيهًا نَظِيفًا،

  Ibn al-Jawzi was elegant in his appearance, upright and clean,

  الْجَوْزِيِّ — al-Jawzi. A place-based family name with the long '-i' ending, completing the 'son of' chain and forming the full name. It takes the after-a-name case as the thing 'son of' points to.

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• بَدَأَتْ مَجَالِسُ ابْنِ الْجَوْزِيِّ تَسْتَقْطِبُ النَّاسَ،

  Ibn al-Jawzi's gatherings began to attract people.

  الْجَوْزِيِّ — al-Jawzi. The second noun of the possessive pairing, the owner, which is why it sits in the genitive. It completes 'son of al-Jawzi', supplying definiteness to the whole chain. Reading the pair means seeing this name as the possessor that the preceding 'son' belongs to.

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