ابْنٌ son of in Arabic
ابْنٌ is how you say “son of” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
قال حدثنا يحيى بن يحيى
He said, 'Yahya ibn Yahya narrated to us.'
بْنُ son of
A connector word, 'son of', that links a man to his father in a name-chain, an 'X of Y' built from names. It joins the two names into one identification.
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فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ لِعَامِرِ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ
Then a man from the people said to Amir ibn al-Akwa.
بْنِ son of
The kinship word 'son of' linking a person to their father's name, threading the two names into one possessive chain. It owns the name after it and is owned by the name before, building the lineage.
كَانَ الْوَزِيرُ ابْنُ يُوْنُسِ الْحَنَبَلِيُّ قَدْ عَقَدَ مَجْلِسًا لِلرُّكْنِ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الْقَادِرِ الْجِيلِيِّ،
The minister Ibn Yunus al-Hanbali had convened a session for al-Rukn Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jili,
ابْنُ son of
A noun 'son (of)' beginning a name-construct in apposition to 'the minister', identifying him by lineage. As the first member of an 'of' pairing it waits for the following name and gives up its own article.
كَانَ الْوَزِيرُ ابْنُ يُوْنُسِ الْحَنَبَلِيُّ قَدْ عَقَدَ مَجْلِسًا لِلرُّكْنِ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الْقَادِرِ الْجِيلِيِّ،
The minister Ibn Yunus al-Hanbali had convened a session for al-Rukn Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jili,
ابْنِ son of
A noun 'son (of)' linking this man to his father's name, the first half of another 'of' name-pair in the genitive. It waits for the paternal name that follows to complete the lineage.