أَبِيُmy father

Example sentences

• وَخَرَجَ أَبِيُ يَنْتَقِدُ ثَمَنَهُ،

  And my father went out to haggle over its price.

  أَبِيُ — my father. A noun with the pronoun '-i' (my) fused on, so it means 'my father', standing as the subject of the verb 'went out' before it. As the doer it takes the subject shape. The attached '-i' is Arabic's mark for a first-person possessor.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →

• فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِيُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرِ

  So my father said to him, "O Abu Bakr."

  أَبِي — my father. A noun with the pronoun '-i' (my) fused on, meaning 'my father', standing as the subject of the speech-verb before it, so it takes the subject shape. Arabic's verb-first order is why this doer comes after 'said'. The attached '-i' marks the first-person possessor.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →