تَرْجَمَةbiography

Example sentences

• كما ملأ ترجمة هشام بن حسان بما يروى عن الحسن،

  As he filled the biography of Hisham ibn Hassan with what is narrated by al-Hasan,

  تَرْجَمَةَ — the biography. A noun, 'biography / life-entry', the object of 'filled', and it heads a possessive pairing with the name after it: 'the biography of Hisham'. As the leading noun it takes no 'the' and leans onto its owner.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →

• وتلك الحكايات ينبغي أن تدخل في ترجمة الحسن لا في ترجمة هشام،

  Those stories should be included in the biography of al-Hasan, not in the biography of Hisham.

  تَرْجَمَةِ — the biography. A noun, 'biography', heading a possessive pairing with the name after it: 'the biography of al-Hasan'. As the leading noun of the pairing it takes no 'the' and draws definiteness from the owner ahead.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →

• وتلك الحكايات ينبغي أن تدخل في ترجمة الحسن لا في ترجمة هشام،

  Those stories should be included in the biography of al-Hasan, not in the biography of Hisham.

  تَرْجَمَةِ — the biography. A noun, 'biography', again heading a possessive pairing with the name after it, here the entry the stories should not be in. As construct head it takes no 'the'.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →

• وكذلك ملأ ترجمة جعفر بن سليمان بما يروى عن مالك بن دينار ونظرائه،

  Similarly, he filled the biography of Ja'far ibn Suleiman with what is narrated from Malik ibn Dinar and his peers,

  تَرْجَمَةَ — the biography. A noun, 'biography', the object of 'filled', heading a possessive pairing with the name after it. As the leading noun it takes no 'the' and leans onto its owner.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →