أَعْرَابِيٌّArab in Arabic

Example sentences

• وكان أعرابي يؤم قومه في البادية،

  A Bedouin used to lead his people in prayer in the desert,

  أَعْرَابِيٌّ — an Arab. The subject of 'was', so it takes the -u ending, and with no al' it is indefinite, 'a Bedouin'. The doubled relational ending marks it as a 'belonging-to-the-desert' descriptive noun.

  From: Bedouin Manners →

• فجاءه أعرابي يشكو جاره،

  A Bedouin came to him complaining about his neighbor,

  أَعْرَابِيٌّ — a Bedouin. This is 'a Bedouin', indefinite, the delayed subject of 'came'. Arabic puts the verb and its goal-pronoun first, then the doer, so this word arrives last yet is who performed the coming. It carries the nominative as the subject.

  From: Justice in the Field →

• فلما حضر قال للأعرابي ما شكواك؟

  When he appeared, he asked the Bedouin: What is your complaint?

  لِلْأَعْرَابِيِّ — to the Bedouin. This is the preposition 'to, for' merged with 'the Bedouin' (definite through 'al-'). The preposition marks the person spoken to and forces a genitive on the noun. So the pair tells you to whom the governor directed his question.

  From: Justice in the Field →

• فقال الوالي للأعرابي اذهب فاقبض ناقتك

  The governor said to the Bedouin: Go and take your camel.

  لِلْأَعْرَابِيِّ — to the Bedouin. This is the preposition 'to, for' merged with 'the Bedouin' (definite via 'al-'), marking the person the governor addresses and forcing a genitive on the noun. The pair identifies who the order is given to.

  From: Justice in the Field →

• فقال الأعرابي إنه يطلب ثمن ما أكلت ناقتي

  The Bedouin said: He demands the price of what my camel ate.

  الْأَعْرَابِيُّ — the Bedouin. This is 'the Bedouin', definite with 'al-', the subject of 'said', placed after its verb in the nominative. It names who raises the objection that follows.

  From: Justice in the Field →

• فقال الوالي للأعرابي أعطه عشرة دراهم

  The governor said to the Bedouin: Give him ten dirhams.

  لِلْأَعْرَابِيِّ — to the Bedouin. This is the preposition 'to, for' merged with 'the Bedouin' (definite via 'al-'), marking the person the order is addressed to and forcing a genitive on the noun. It identifies who must pay.

  From: Justice in the Field →

• فقال الأعرابي ليس معي شيء

  The Bedouin said: I have nothing.

  الْأَعْرَابِيُّ — the Bedouin. This is 'the Bedouin', definite with 'al-', the subject of 'said', placed after its verb in the nominative. It names who answers next.

  From: Justice in the Field →

• فقال الأعرابي ليس لي حمار

  The Bedouin said: I do not have a donkey.

  الْأَعْرَابِيُّ — the Bedouin. This is 'the Bedouin', definite with 'al-', the subject of 'said', placed after its verb in the nominative. It names who objects again.

  From: Justice in the Field →