عَامِرٌAmir in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ لِعَامِرِ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ

  Then a man from the people said to Amir ibn al-Akwa.

  لِعَامِرِ — to Amir. The preposition li- fused with the name after it, assigning a 'spoken to' relationship: it marks Amir as the addressee the man spoke to. The whole unit points the saying toward its recipient, which is the directional job li- does here.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →

• قَالَ وَكَانَ عَامِرٌ رَجُلًا شَاعِرًا،

  He said that Amir was a man and a poet.

  عَامِرٌ — Amir. A personal name standing as the one being described; its -un ending marks it as the subject of the 'was' frame, the one of whom a state is told. The nominative ending identifies who the description is about.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →