عَامِرٍof Amir

Example sentences

• 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.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →

• 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.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →