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غُلَامَ boy in Arabic

غُلَامَ is how you say “boy” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى ثُمَّ أَتَى الْغُلَامَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَبُوكَ يَا غُلَامُ

He performed ablution and prayed, then he went to the boy and said, "Who is your father, O boy?"

الْغُلَامَ the boy

The boy as the goal of his approach. The al- on the front makes him 'the' particular boy already in view, and the ending marks him as the thing the verb reaches -- the object of 'went to'.

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More example sentences

اِشْقِ الْغُلَامَ بَيْنَكُمَا

Cut the boy between you two.

الْغُلَام the boy

The al- marks this as the definite, specific boy. It is the thing the command acts upon, the receiver of the cutting, so it takes the object case shown by the vowel on its end. It is the direct target handed to the imperative just before it.

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