Arabic vocabulary
الشَّامِSyria
How to say “Syria” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَأَرْسَلَتْنِي دَسِيسًا إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ بَعْدَ أَنْ رَجَعَ مِنَ الشَّامِ،
So she sent me as a schemer to Muhammad after he returned from Syria.
الشام — Syria. A place-name made definite by al-, in the genitive because the preposition 'from' governs it. With that preposition it names where he came back from, finishing the time-setting clause.
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