سَيِّدِهِhis master in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى سَيِّدِهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ مَا مَعَهُ وَرَجَعَ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ

  He greeted his master, then put down what he had and returned to his master.

  سَيّده — his master. A noun with the possessive '-hi' (his), the form set by the preceding preposition. The suffix marks whose master is meant, the slave's owner. As the noun governed by the greeting-preposition, it sits in the post-preposition form.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →

• فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى سَيِّدِهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ مَا مَعَهُ وَرَجَعَ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ

  He greeted his master, then put down what he had and returned to his master.

  سَيّده — his master. The same 'master' noun with the possessive '-hi' (his), here governed by 'to' and so in the post-preposition form. The suffix again names the slave's owner, the goal of the return. Its case is set by the preposition that precedes it.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →