عَطَاءAta

Example sentences

• إن كان عطاء بن يسار ليحدثنا أنا وأبا حازم حتى يبكينا ثم يحدثنا حتى يضحكنا،

  Indeed, Ata ibn Yasar would narrate to us, to Abu Hazim and me, until he made us cry, then he would narrate until he made us laugh,

  عَطَاءُ — Ata. A personal name acting as the subject of the 'used to' frame. It carries the nominative ending, the case for the doer, even though the emphasis particle earlier in the sentence governs the construction; the subject of a kana-frame still surfaces in the nominative. The name continues into a patronymic.

  From: Stories That Soften the Heart →