اِبْنَson of in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ سَالِمٌ سَمِعْتُ اِبْنَ عُمَرَ ـ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ـ يَقُولُ

  And Salim said, "I heard Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, say."

  اِبْنَ — son of. The 'son of' head of a name-chain, the object of 'I heard'. It leans forward onto the following name to finish the identification and grammatically owns it, binding the two into one patronymic naming a single person.

  From: A Night with the Companions →

• فَكَأَنَّهُ قَالَ تَعَالَى يَا اِبْنَ آدَمَ أَنَا الأَوَّلُ

  It is as if the Exalted said, "O son of Adam, I am the First."

  اِبْنَ — son of. The noun 'son', here the addressed party in the call 'O son of Adam', so it takes the object-style (accusative) ending the vocative gives a noun that itself owns another noun. It is also the head of a possessive pairing with 'Adam', which it owns.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →

• وَاللَّهِ مَا تَدْرِي يَا اِبْنَ أَخِي

  By God, you do not know, O my nephew.

  اِبْنَ — son. A noun, 'son', heading an 'of' pairing, 'son of my brother', i.e. nephew, used inside the direct address. As the first half of the chain it takes the special form the vocative imposes and draws definiteness from what follows. Arabic builds 'son of X' by juxtaposing the two nouns with no 'of' word.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →