غُلَامُboy in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ يَا غُلَامُ،

  Then he said, O boy,

  غُلَامُ — boy. A noun in its direct-address form, here the person being called, the boy. After the call-particle, a single addressed noun like this takes the plain subject-style ending you hear as the final -u, which is the regular shape for a named addressee. So its ending marks it as the one being summoned.

  From: A Mother's Forgiveness →

• 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?"

  غُلَامُ — boy. The one being addressed after 'O' -- 'boy'. As a called-on noun it takes the bare subject-style (nominative) ending, the form Arabic uses for a single person being directly summoned.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →