Arabic vocabulary
نَسَبًاby lineage
How to say “by lineage” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
أَوْسَطُ قُرَيْشِ نَسَبًا وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ مَالًا،
She was of the middle lineage among the Quraysh and the wealthiest of them in wealth.
نسبًا — by lineage. An indefinite noun in the accusative used to specify in WHAT respect the superlative holds: middlemost 'by lineage'. Arabic uses this accusative-of-respect to narrow a broad description, answering 'middlemost in what?' with 'in descent'.
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