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عَامِرٍ of Amir in Arabic

عَامِرٍ is how you say “of Amir” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَلَمَّا تَصَافَّ الْقَوْمُ كَانَ سَيْفُ عَامِرٍ فِيهِ قِصَرٌ،

When the people engaged one another, Amir's sword had a short dagger in it.

عَامِرٍ of Amir

The personal name completing the ownership pairing started by the previous noun: it is the owner, so the sword belongs to him. As the second half of such a pairing it takes an 'of'-type ending, which is how the language flags that this name is possessing the noun before it.

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More example sentences

فَأَوَّلُ مَنْ عَلِمَ بِذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بُنَّ عَامِرٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ

So the first who knew of that was Abd Allah ibn Amir al-Azdi.

عَامِرٍ Amir

The father's name completing the 'son of...' link, so it stands in the 'of'-style ending as the second member of that small chain. Arabic builds the patronymic by setting names directly side by side, the case ending marking this one as the parent. It identifies whose son the figure is.

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