ابْنَson

Example sentences

• فَقَالَتْ خَدِيجَةُ يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ اِسْمَعْ مِنْ ابْنِ أَخِيكَ

  Khadijah said, "O cousin, listen to what your nephew has to say."

  ابْنَ — son of. This 'son (of)' is the front half of a two-noun possessive chain: it is glued straight onto the next noun with no separate word for 'of', and the pair together name a relationship. Because the call-marker before it is addressing him, it sits in the called-on form, and the chain 'son of (the) uncle' is the idiom for cousin.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →

• قَالَ وَرَقَةُ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي مَاذَا تَرَى

  Waraqah said, "O son of my brother, what do you see?"

  ابْنَ — son of. The front noun of a possessive pair, 'son (of)', joined straight onto the next word with no separate 'of'. Because the call-marker is addressing him, it stands in the called-on form; together with 'my brother' it builds the affectionate 'nephew' address.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →

• ثُمَّ إِنَّ ابْنَ أَخِي هَذَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

  Then indeed, the son of my brother, this Muhammad, son of Abdullah.

  ابْنَ — son of. This noun is the topic the emphasis-particle inna just fronted, so it wears the accusative ending inna forces on it. It also heads an ownership pairing with the next word ('son of my brother'), opening an 'X of Y' chain right after the emphasis.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →