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عَامِرُ Amir in Arabic

عَامِرُ is how you say “Amir” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَيَرْعَى عَلَيْهِمَا عَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ مَوْلَى أَبِيِ بَكْرٍ مِنْحَةً مِنْ غَنَمٍ،

And Amir ibn Fuhayrah, the freedman of Abu Bakr, tends them with a gift of sheep.

عَامِرُ Amir

A man's name acting as the doer of the verb 'tends'. As the subject it takes the plain doer ending, and it heads up a long string of name-pieces (son-of, freedman-of...) that all describe this same person.

From The Secret Migration

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More example sentences

فَيَبِيتَانِ فِي رِسْلِهَا حَتَّى يَنْعِقَ بِهَا عَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةِ بِغَلَسٍ،

So they two spent the night in its pen until Amir ibn Fuhayrah cried out with it at dawn.

عَامِرُ Amir

The man's name as the delayed subject of 'calls out' (Arabic regularly puts the doer after its verb). It takes the plain doer ending and again heads the 'son of...' chain that follows.

From The Secret Migration

قَالُوا عَامِرُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ

They said, "Amir ibn al-Akwa."

عَامِرُ Amir

A personal name given in answer, standing as the identified one; its final -u marks it as the subject/named figure, the one the previous question asked about. It is presented as the identity being supplied.

From The Martyr's Reward

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