عُنْصُرُbranch

Example sentences

• وَزَرْعٌ إِسْمَاعِيلُ، وَضِئْضِئِي مَعَدٌ، وَعُنْصُرُ مُضَرٌّ،

  and the offspring of Isma'il, the descendants of Ma'ad, and the branch of Mudar.

  وَعُنْصُرُ — and branch. Front wa- is the joiner 'and', adding this term to the lineage list. It heads toward an ownership pairing with the tribal name that follows, so the wa- both continues the list and opens 'the branch of...' as one bonded unit.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →