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مَالِكِ Malik in Arabic

مَالِكِ is how you say “Malik” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا بْنَ مَالِكِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ عَنْهُ

He says, "I heard Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him."

مَالِكِ Malik

The father's name completing 'son of...', in the genitive shape. As the second member of the side-by-side pair it takes the genitive ending.

From Wealth and Knowledge on Trial

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More example sentences

قَالَ يَا مَالِكِ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ إِلَيَّ؟

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

مَالِكِ Malik

A personal name in direct address, the one being called by the vocative particle before it. Names called this way take a special address form, marking that the speaker is turning to speak to this person by name.

From A Night of Reckoning

وَالْأَنْعَامُ وَهِيَ مُعْجِبَةٌ لِلْمَالِكِ وَالنُّظَّارِ،

And the livestock, and they are causing admiration for the owner and the onlookers,

لِلْمَالِكِ for the owner

The preposition li- ('for') fused onto a noun with al- ('the'), so one word means 'for the owner'. The li- assigns the following noun its genitive role and marks the one to whom the livestock is pleasing. It names the first party charmed by the display.

From This World Is Short

وَاِتَّبَعَنَا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ،

And Suraaqah ibn Malik followed us.

مَالِكِ Malik

The father's name as the second half of the 'son of' pairing, so it carries the 'of'-style ending the link requires. It completes the man's full name. The pairing is built by adjacency, with no separate word for 'of'.

From A Night with the Prophet

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