مَعْشَرُassembly of

Example sentences

• فَاتَ قُرَيْشًا فَقُلْ يَا مَعْشَرُ قُرَيْشِ

  Enter among the Quraysh, then say, O assembly of Quraysh.

  مَعْشَرُ — assembly of. This noun means 'assembly/company' and heads an 'X of Y' pair completed by the next word, so it owns the tribe-name and gives 'assembly of Quraysh'. As the noun being addressed, it takes the special address form. The genitive name that follows says whose assembly.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →

• ثُمَّ إِئْتِ قَيْسًا فَقُلْ يَا مَعْشَرُ قَيْسِ

  Then go to Qays and say, O people of Qays.

  مَعْشَرُ — people of. This noun means 'assembly/company' and heads an 'X of Y' pair completed by the next word, so it owns the tribe-name and gives 'assembly of Qays'. As the noun addressed, it takes the special address form. The genitive name that follows says whose assembly.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →