صَيَّادSayyad

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ قَالَ لِابْنِ صَيَّادِ تَشْهَدُ أَنَّيِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

  Then he said to Ibn Sayyad, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?"

  صَيَّادِ — Sayyad. A proper name, the owning half of the 'son of' pairing, sitting in the genitive that such a pairing forces. Placed directly beside the 'son' word with no separate 'of', the two lock into a single patronymic, the way Arabic builds every 'X son of Y' link.

  From: A Night with the Companions →

• فَثَارَ اِبْنُ صَيَّادٍ

  Then Ibn Sayyad became angry.

  صَيَّادٍ — hunter. The completing half of the 'son of' pairing, the owner that closes the patronymic. Set directly after with no linking word, it takes the possessed slot and is read here as a fixed name.

  From: A Night with the Companions →