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أب father in Arabic

أب is how you say “father” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ

Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

أَبِي Abu

The 'father of' element opening a teknonym, grammatically incomplete until joined to the name after it; the two form one by-name. The earlier 'from' has set its governed ending.

From Empty Fasting, Empty Prayer

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More example sentences

وأخرج منهاجًا وأبًا جعله أقواتا،

And He brought forth pasture and herbage, making it sustenance,

وَأَبًّا and herbage

The 'and' joins a second object, keeping it in the same accusative as the first, since coordination carries the case along. So this noun stands grammatically level with the pasture as the second thing God brought forth from the land.

From Death and Decree

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