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بِكَ for you in Arabic

بِكَ is how you say “for you” in Arabic.

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كفى بك عزّا أَنَّك لَهُ عبد،

Sufficient for you as honor that you are His servant,

بِكَ with you

bi- = 'with'; the ending '-ka' adds 'you' — together 'with you' (the idiom 'enough for you').

From Seeds and Streams of Deeds

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More example sentences

وكفى بك فخرا أَنه لَك رب

And sufficient for you as pride that He is your Lord.

بِكَ with you

bi- = 'with'; the ending '-ka' adds 'you' — together 'with you' (the idiom 'enough for you').

From Seeds and Streams of Deeds

قال فما جاء بك؟

He said: What brings you here?

بِكَ with you

bi- = 'with, by'; the ending '-ka' adds 'you' — together 'with you' (idiom: 'what brought you?').

From Early Converts to Islam

والسلامة والعافية أولى بك

Safety and well-being are better for you.

بِكَ for you

This is 'for / to' fused with 'you'. The elative 'worthier' takes its beneficiary through this 'bi-' — 'worthier FOR you' — so the little word ties the judgment to the addressee. The attached pronoun is the one for whom safety is the better path.

From Scripture Over Speculation

والسلامة والعافية أولى بك،

And safety and well-being are more appropriate for you.

بِكَ for you

The preposition 'bi-' here marks the one for whom safety is worthier, taking the genitive, with 'you' attached as a suffix. It completes the comparison, 'worthier for you', tying the elative to its reference point.

From Unity Over Partisanship

قَالَ يَا مَالِكِ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ إِلَيَّ؟

He said, O Malik, what brought you to me?

بِكَ with you

A 'bi-' prefix carrying '-ka' (you), so one word means 'with you', the construction that turns the bare 'came' before it into 'brought you'. The prefix marks the listener as what was conveyed, with one word holding both relation and person.

From A Night of Reckoning

قَالَ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ بِكَ،

He said that she used to do that to you.

بِكَ to you

The bi- here means 'to / for', marking the one the care was directed at, and it carries the 'you' pronoun, so the word means 'to you'. It points the mother's past devotion at the man himself. So Umar's rebuke turns: she once did all this for you.

From Honoring Parents

فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ

So I said, "I am not mocking you."

بِكَ you

A preposition 'with/at' fused to a 'you' pronoun, two words in one. The verb 'mock' links to its object through this preposition, so 'mock at you' needs the particle; the attached 'you' names the person denied as the target.

From Trapped and Delivered

وَإِذَا صَاحُوا بِكَ فِي طَرِيقِ سَيْرِكَ فَلَا تَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهِمْ،

And if they call out to you in the road of your walking, then do not turn to them.

بِكَ to you

The bi- here is the specific link this calling verb takes ('call out to/at you'); paired with -ka ('you') it names the one shouted at. So one Arabic word gives the English 'to you'. It completes the circumstance set up by 'when they called'.

From Choosing Good Companions

لَيْتَ شَعْرِيَ وَقَدْ تَمَادَى بِكَ الْهَجْرُ أَمْ مِنْكَ التَّفْرِيطُ أَمْ كَانَ مِنِّي،

I wish I knew: now that estrangement toward you has gone so far, was the negligence yours, or was it mine?

بِكَ toward you

A preposition fused with an attached 'you', so it ties the estrangement specifically to the addressee in one word. It marks toward whom the estrangement runs. The two pieces are carried together.

From On Foolishness and Wisdom

إيش يُعمل بك؟

What can be done with you?

بِكَ with you

The preposition bi- 'with/to' carrying 'you' (masculine singular) attached, marking the listener as the one the doing falls upon - 'done with/to you'. The suffix names the target of the impersonal action. One word fuses the preposition and its pronoun, completing 'what can be done to you'.

From Sincere Worship

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