Arabic vocabulary
مَعْشَرُ is how you say “assembly of” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
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 →OpenArabic teaches words like مَعْشَرُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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