أَعْرَابِيٌّ Arab in Arabic
أَعْرَابِيٌّ is how you say “Arab” in Arabic.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.