عَمٍّpaternal uncle in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ كَانَتْ لِيَّ بِنْتُ عَمٍّ كَانَتْ أَحْبَّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ،

  And the other said, "O Allah, I had a paternal cousin; she was the dearest of people to me."

  عَمٍّ — paternal uncle. A kinship noun completing the 'daughter of' pairing as its owner, in the genitive after it. Set directly with no separate 'of', it carries the possessed-side ending, so together the two name a paternal cousin.

  From: Trapped and Delivered →