Arabic vocabulary
How to say “of the gift” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
بَعَثَ صَاحِبُ الْهَدِيَّةِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةِ،
The owner of the gift sent to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, while he was in Aisha's house,
الْهَدِيَّةِ — of the gift. The owner half of 'owner of the gift', carrying 'the' and set straight after the head noun; being the possessor forces its genitive ending. The article makes it the specific gift already in view, identifying which owner is meant.
From: Wives of the Prophet →OpenArabic teaches words like الْهَدِيَّةِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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