صَفِيَّةُSafiyya in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَحِزْبٌ فِيهِ عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ وَصَفِيَّةُ وَسَوْدَةُ،

  One group in it consisted of Aisha, Hafsa, Safiyya, and Sawda.

  وَصَفِيَّةُ — and Safiyya. Again the wa- is the list-'and' tying one more name into the same enumeration; the repetition before each item is how Arabic builds a list. The name shares the subject ending of the others, marking it as a further member of the party.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →