Arabic vocabulary
عَلِيّAli in Arabic
عَلِيّ is how you say “Ali” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَبَاتَ عَليّ مَكَانَهُ
So Ali stayed in his place.
عَلِيٌّ — Ali. The subject of 'spent the night', nominative (the tanwin), after its verb — a proper name. The one who lay in the Prophet's place.
From: The Night of the Migration →قال علي بن الحسن بن واقد
Ali bin Al-Hasan bin Waqid said,
عَلِيُّ — Ali. This is a proper name standing as the subject of 'said', carrying the subject ending. It is the front of a long 'son of... son of...' naming chain.
From: The One-Third Rule →
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