بِنْتِdaughter of

Example sentences

• تَقُولُ إِنَّ نِسَاءَكَ يَنْشُدْنَكَ اللَّهَ الْعَدْلَ فِي بِنْتِ أَبِ بَكْرِ،

  She says that your wives implore you, by God, for justice for the daughter of Abu Bakr.

  بِنْتِ — daughter of. This noun heads a possessive chain, 'daughter of Abu Bakr'; placed first it drops its own 'the' and takes definiteness from the owner that follows. Governed by the preposition before it, the phrase sits in the genitive as the topic.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• وَقَالَتْ إِنَّ نِسَاءَكَ يَنْشُدْنَكَ اللَّهَ الْعَدْلَ فِي بِنْتِ ابْنِ أَبِي قُحَافَةِ،

  She said, "Your wives are urging you to ask Allah for justice for the daughter of the son of Abu Quhafa."

  بِنْتِ — daughter of. This noun heads a stacked possessive chain, 'daughter of the son of Abu Quhafa'; placed first it drops its own 'the' and takes definiteness from the owner that follows. Governed by the preposition before it, the phrase sits in the genitive as the topic.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →