مَكَان place in Arabic
مَكَان is how you say “place” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
إن غلب نور عمله الصالح ثَقُلَت كفّته، فيُعرف مكانه في الجنّة بعمله كما يعرف أهل الجمعة منازلهم عند الانصراف
If the light of his righteous deeds prevails, his balance becomes heavy, and his place in paradise is known by his deeds, just as those who attend Friday prayers know their homes upon leaving.
مَكَانُهُ his place
'his place' — 'makan' with 'his' attached, the subject of the passive 'is known', nominative. The place-of-X noun; 'his' points to the believer.
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فَبَاتَ عَليّ مَكَانَهُ
So Ali stayed in his place.
مَكَانَهُ his place
A place-noun 'place' with '-hu' (his) attached, used as an accusative of place — 'in his spot'. The accusative marks where the night was passed, no separate 'in' needed.
اربط المعنى بصورةٍ وحكايةٍ ومكانٍ في المصحف أو الهامش؛
Connect the meaning with an image, a story, and a place in the Quran or the margin;
وَمَكَانٍ and a place
'and a place,' joined by 'and,' the 'bi-' still understood — the third hook. Anchoring meaning to a PLACE (on the page) ties it to a location, named next.
والأصولي الذي أثبت بعض الصفات ونفى بعضها وتأول في أماكن يقولون متناقضا،
And the theologian who affirms some attributes and negates others and interprets in some places, they call him contradictory.
أَمَاكِنَ places
This noun, places, is in the genitive after the preposition but shows a bare ending without nunation because it belongs to a noun-class that resists the normal indefinite ending. The unusual ending is a property of the word, not a different case.