أَخٌbrother

Example sentences

• فقال النبي ﷺ فقهوا أخاكم في دينه، وأقرئوه القرآن وأطلقوا له أسيره ففعلوا

  Then the Prophet ﷺ said: Educate your brother in his religion, teach him the Quran, and release his captive, and they did so.

  أَخَاكُمْ — your brother. akh means 'brother'; the ending '-kum' adds 'your' (a group) — 'your brother'; the object of 'instruct'.

  From: Early Converts to Islam →

• فَانْطَلَقَ الأَخُ حَتَّى قَدِمَهُ وَسَمِعَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ،

  Then the brother set out until he reached him and heard his words.

  الأَخُ — the brother. Carries the attached 'the', marking a specific known brother, and stands as the subject doing the setting-out, its ending in the subject case.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →

• فَبِاللَّهِ يَا أَخِي ثُمَّ بِاللَّهِ ،

  By God, O my brother, by God.

  أَخِي — my brother. This noun ends in the attached '-i' (my), a first-person possessor folded onto its tail, giving 'my brother'. As the person being addressed after the call-word, it is in direct-address position, and the suffix marks the warm, personal relationship the speaker claims with the listener.

  From: Sincerity in Prophetic Knowledge →

• فَهُوَ وَالنَّصْرُ أَخَوَانِ شَقِيقَانِ

  So he and victory are full brothers.

  أَخَوَانِ — two brothers. This noun is in the dual, Arabic's 'exactly two' form, so 'two' is folded into its ending rather than spoken separately. It is the predicate of the pair 'he and victory': they two are brothers. The dual ending agrees with the two-member subject joined by the preceding 'and'.

  From: Patience and God's Help →