Arabic vocabulary

لِابْنِfor Ibn in Arabic

لِابْنِ is how you say “for Ibn” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

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 →

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