بُنَيِّهِhis little son

Example sentences

• وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى بُنَيِّهِ

  And he sent to his little son.

  بُنَيِّهِ — his little son. A noun in the affectionate 'little' (diminutive) shape, carried by the word's internal vowels rather than by an added adjective. The tail -hi pins ownership to 'his', and the whole word sits in the genitive because the preposition just before it governs it.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →