ابْنَ son in Arabic
ابْنَ is how you say “son” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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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.
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.