Arabic vocabulary
مَوْلَاةfreedwoman in Arabic
مَوْلَاة is how you say “freedwoman” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وكانت أمه مولاة لأم سلمة؛ زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم،
His mother was a freedwoman of Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, peace be upon him.
مَوْلَاةً — a freedwoman. This noun is the predicate of 'was', the feminine counterpart of 'freedman', so it takes the object form the copula assigns. Its feminine ending agrees with the mother, and its bare marking makes it indefinite.
From: Raised in the Prophet’s Household →
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