عَمْرُوAmr

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ عَمْرُو أَقَلُّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

  Abu Sufyan said, "Amr is less than that."

  عَمْرٌو — Amr. The clan name 'Amr' here is the subject of the sentence, 'Amr is less...', shown by its '-un' subject ending. Arabic forms this kind of 'X is Y' statement with no separate 'is'; the noun simply sits in the subject case before its description.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• وَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى عَمِّهَا عَمْرُو بْنِ أَسَدٍ لِيُزَوِّجَهَا فَحَضَرَ،

  She sent to her uncle Amr ibn Asad to have him marry her, and he came.

  عَمْرُو — Amr. A man's proper name in apposition to 'her uncle', naming who the uncle is. It restates the same person by name, so it shares the same role in the sentence as the noun it explains.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →