بِنْتُdaughter

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ كَانَتْ لِيَّ بِنْتُ عَمٍّ كَانَتْ أَحْبَّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ،

  And the other said, "O Allah, I had a paternal cousin; she was the dearest of people to me."

  بِنْتُ — daughter. A noun heading a 'daughter of' pairing, the thing possessed in the 'I had' frame. As the head it leans onto the following kin-word to complete 'daughter of an uncle', giving up its own 'the' and taking definiteness from that owner.

  From: Trapped and Delivered →

• وَقَالَ إِنَّهَا بِنْتُ أَبِيِ بَكْرٍ،

  And he said, "She is the daughter of Abu Bakr."

  بِنْتُ — daughter. The naming half of a 'she is the daughter of...' statement, standing as what she is said to be. Arabic states 'X is Y' by simply placing the two together with no spoken 'is', so this noun is the completing label with the linking verb left silent.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• فَقَطَعَتْ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرِ قِطْعَةً مِنْ نِطَاقِهَا،

  So Asma bint Abi Bakr cut off a piece from her belt.

  بِنْتُ — daughter. A noun 'daughter' standing in apposition to the name before it and heading a possessive pair with the name after, 'daughter of ...'. It links Asma to her father, the chain identifying her by lineage, with no separate 'of' word.

  From: The Secret Migration →

• قَالَتْ نَفِيسَةُ بِنْتُ مَنِيَّةِ

  Nafisa, daughter of Munya, said:

  بِنْتُ — daughter. A noun ('daughter') in apposition to the name before it, naming her further by parentage, and the head of an 'of' pairing with the next word. As the first half it gives up its own 'the' and is made definite by the parent's name that follows.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →

• كَانَتْ خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدِ بْنِ أَسَدِ بْنِ الْعُزَّى بْنِ قُصَيٍّ،

  She was Khadijah, daughter of Khuwaylid, son of Asad, son of al-Uzza, son of Qusayy,

  بِنْتُ — daughter of. A noun ('daughter') heading an 'of' pairing with the next name ('daughter OF Khuwaylid'). As the first link in a long genealogy, it gives up its own 'the' and draws definiteness from the name that follows.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →

• وَقَدْ خُطِبَتْ خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ وَبُذِلَ لَهَا الصَّدَاقُ مَا آجِلَهُ وَعَاجِلُهُ مِنْ مَالِي،

  And Khadijah bint Khuwaylid was betrothed, and her dowry, both its deferred and its immediate parts, was paid from my wealth,

  بِنْتُ — daughter. A kinship word 'daughter of' heading an ownership pairing with the father's name that follows, the female counterpart of the 'son of' formula. It bonds the personal name before it to the name after it into one 'X daughter of Y' lineage unit.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →