أَمْرَأman

Example sentences

• وَكَانَ أَمْرَأً تَنَصَّرَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ،

  And he was a man who converted to Christianity during the Age of Ignorance,

  أَمْرَأً — a man. This noun is the predicate of the framing 'was', so its accusative ending is the mark that 'was' puts on what someone is said to be; it tells us what he was, a man of a certain kind. The indefinite form leaves 'a man' general until the clause after it narrows him down.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →