أَبِ father in Arabic
أَبِ is how you say “father” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
هو الحسن بن أبي الحسن البصري
He is Al-Hasan, son of Abu al-Hasan al-Basri.
أَبِي Abu
This is the front of the father's courtesy-name ('father of...'), held in the governed form by the preceding 'son of', and it heads its own 'of' pairing with the name after it. So the lineage stacks one possessive inside another.
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More example sentences
قَالَ إِجْلِسْنِي إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَأَجْلَسَاهُ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِ بَكْرٍ
He said, "Seat me beside him," so they seated him beside Abu Bakr.
أَبِ father of
The 'father of' word opening the kunya, front term of a pairing with the following name; it owns the 'side' relationship through the chain and takes the genitive from the preceding noun.
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.
أَبِ Abu
The 'father-of' element of a by-name, here in its genitive shape because it stands as the owner in the chain; it heads the nickname and links to the part after it. As possessor of 'daughter' and owner of 'Bakr', it sits mid-chain.
ثُمَّ قَالَ أَفِي الْقَوْمِ إِبْنُ أَبِ قُحَافَةِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ،
Then he said, "Is the son of Abu Quhafa among the people?" three times.
أَبِي of Abu
A 'father of...' word forming the next link of the name, owned by the name to follow; it takes the genitive of an owner-slot inside the 'son of...' chain. It pairs directly with the next word with no separate 'of'.