Arabic vocabulary
لِابْنِfor Ibn
How to say “for Ibn” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَمِنْ جُمْلَةِ مَا قَرَأَ أَجْزَاءً كَثِيرَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ الْفُنُونِ لِابْنِ عَقِيلِ،
Among the things he read were many sections of Ibn Aqil's Book of Arts.
لِابْنِ — for Ibn. The preposition li- ('belonging to') prefixed to a 'son-of' name element. In a book reference li- assigns authorship, marking the following name as the one the work belongs to. It governs that name into the genitive and opens 'by Ibn...'.
From: A Life of Reading and Writing →
Learn Arabic vocabulary in context
OpenArabic teaches words like لِابْنِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
Get the app