Arabic vocabulary
شَافِعِيُّ is how you say “Shāfiʿī (name)” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ
And al-Shafi'i, may Allah be pleased with him, said.
الشَّافِعِيُّ — al-Shafi'i. A proper name, al-Shafi'i, the subject of 'said'. It is a relational name (a nisba) whose final vowel marks it as the subject; the leading 'the' has merged into the following sound.
From: Silence and Supplication →قَالَ لِيَّ الشَّافِعِيُّ يَا رَبِيعُ
Al-Shafi'i said to me, 'O Rabi'.
الشَّافِعِيُّ — al-Shafi'i. A relationship-name (the 'belonging to' type formed with an -i ending) standing as the speaker of the verb. It sits in the subject case and, in normal Arabic order, trails the verb that reports what he said.
From: Silence and Supplication →OpenArabic teaches words like شَافِعِيُّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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