بَكْرِ Bakr in Arabic

تَقُولُ إِنَّ نِسَاءَكَ يَنْشُدْنَكَ اللَّهَ الْعَدْلَ فِي بِنْتِ أَبِ بَكْرِ،

She says that your wives implore you, by God, for justice for the daughter of Abu Bakr.

بَكْرِ Bakr

The completing half of the 'father of Bakr' by-name, set straight after it; being the possessor in that pairing forces its genitive ending. The two together name the man whose daughter is meant.

From Wives of the Prophet

وَقَالَ إِنَّهَا بِنْتُ أَبِيِ بَكْرٍ،

And he said, "She is the daughter of Abu Bakr."

بَكْرٍ Bakr

The owner closing the name-pair, standing right after to complete 'Abu Bakr'; it takes the genitive 'of...' ending that the second slot of such a pair always carries. Position plus ending, not a linking word, build the possession.

From Wives of the Prophet

جَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرِ ـ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ـ إِلَى أَبِي فِي مَنْزِلِهِ،

Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, came to my father in his house.

بَكْرِ Bakr

Second half of the 'Abu Bakr' appellation, joined to the title-word before it as an 'of' pairing, so it sits in the 'of'-style ending. The two pieces together name one man. The bond between them is shown by adjacency alone.

From A Night with the Prophet

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِيُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرِ

So my father said to him, "O Abu Bakr."

بَكْرٍ Bakr

Second half of the 'Abu Bakr' address-title, joined to the title-word as an 'of' pairing, so it carries the 'of'-style ending. The two pieces name one man being called. The bond is shown by their sitting side by side.

From A Night with the Prophet

وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بِالْسُّنْحِ

And Abu Bakr was at al-Sunh.

بَكْرِ Bakr

This name is the owned half of a 'father-of' name-pairing, sitting in its oblique ending because the kunya is built like an 'of' possessive. Arabic forms such honorific names by abutting two nouns with no word for 'of', so grammatically this is the possessed noun leaning on the 'Abu' before it.

From Abu Bakr After the Prophet

فَأَقْبَلْتُ حَتَّى قُلْتُ لِأَبِي بَكْرِ أُدْخُلْ،

So I came forward until I said to Abu Bakr, 'Come in.'

بَكْرِ Bakr

This name is the owned half of a 'father-of' name-pairing, sitting in its oblique ending because the kunya is built like an 'of' possessive. Arabic forms such honorific names by abutting two nouns with no word for 'of', so grammatically this is the possessed noun leaning on the 'Abu' before it.

From Three Companions Promised Paradise

فَقَالَ حِينَ دَخَلَ لِأَبِي بَكْرِ أَخْرِجْ مَنْ عِنْدَكَ

When he entered, the Prophet said to Abu Bakr, "Bring out whoever is with you."

بَكْرِ Bakr

The completing half of the name 'Abu Bakr', bound to the preceding 'Abu' as a possessive pair and governed by the 'to' before the whole name, so it sits in the genitive. Together the two name the man addressed.

From The Secret Migration

فَقَطَعَتْ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرِ قِطْعَةً مِنْ نِطَاقِهَا،

So Asma bint Abi Bakr cut off a piece from her belt.

بَكْرِ Bakr

The closing half of the father's name, bound to 'Abu' as a possessive pair, so it takes the genitive (-in) ending. The whole 'daughter of Abu Bakr' fixes Asma's identity by her father.

From The Secret Migration

قَالَتْ فَسَمِعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

She said, and Abu Bakr and the Messenger of God heard it, may God bless him and grant him peace.

بَكْرِ Bakr

This name completes the teknonym 'father of ___' and, as the owning second half of that pairing, keeps the genitive ending. The two names bind directly with no separate 'of', and this half fixes whose father is meant.

From Aisha Cleared of Slander

فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ابْعَثْ حُذَيْفَةَ

So Abu Bakr said, "O Messenger of God, send Hudhayfah."

بَكْر Bakr

This is the second half of the name, the part 'father of' was waiting for, set in the genitive as the owned member of the name-pair. Together they name the one speaker. Arabic builds such names like a possessive chain, so the pieces stay joined.

From A Spy in the Enemy Camp