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مَكَّةِ Mecca in Arabic

مَكَّةِ is how you say “Mecca” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَكَانَ سَعْدٌ إِذَا مَرَّ بِمَكَّةِ نَزَلَ عَلَى أُمَيَّةِ،

Whenever Sa'd passed through Mecca, he would stay with Umayya.

بِمَكَّةِ through Mecca

The bi- marks passing *through* a place and forces the following place-name into the 'of' (genitive) shape. It fixes the recurring route through that city.

From Warning Before the Battle of Badr

The English is machine-translated.

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More example sentences

فَنَزَلَ عَلَى أُمَيَّةِ بِمَكَّةِ،

So he stayed with Umayya in Mecca.

بِمَكَّةِ in Mecca

The bi- here marks location, 'in', and forces the following place-name into the 'of' (genitive) shape. It pins down where the lodging happened.

From Warning Before the Battle of Badr

فَقُلْتُ لَهُ بِمَكَّةِ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي

So I said to him in Mecca. He said, "I do not know."

بِمَكَّةِ in Mecca

The bi- marks location, 'in', and forces the place-name into the 'of' (genitive) shape. It pins where the exchange happened.

From Warning Before the Battle of Badr

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