Arabic vocabulary
لِأُمِّto Umm in Arabic
لِأُمِّ is how you say “to Umm” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
قَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ لِأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ
Abu Talhah said to Umm Sulaym:
لأُمِّ — to Umm. A 'to/for' preposition fused to the front of 'Umm (mother of)', marking the addressee of the speech. It governs the name-phrase into the genitive, setting up 'to Umm Sulaym'.
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