رَاكِبٌtraveler in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَمَرَّ بِهَا رَجُلٌ رَاكِبٌ ذُو شَارَةٍ،

  Then a mounted man with a mark passed by her.

  رَاكِبٌ — mounted. A doer-word ('one riding / mounted') used as a description of the man -- it pictures him in the act of riding. It matches him as indefinite and subject, stacking a vivid trait onto 'a man'.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →

• وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى الرَّاكِبِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهُ

  And he turned toward the rider and said, "O Allah, do not make me like him."

  الرَّاكِبِ — the rider. The rider as the target the baby turned toward, made definite by al- and wearing the genitive ending the preceding preposition forces. Its ending shows it is the thing governed by 'toward'.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →

• فَقَالَ الرَّاكِبُ جَبَّارٌ مِنَ الْجَبَابِرَةِ،

  So the rider said, "A tyrant from among the tyrants."

  الرَّاكِبُ — the rider. The doer of 'said', made definite by al- ('the rider') and wearing the bare subject (nominative) ending. It names who the verb's built-in 'he' stands for, the splendid passer-by.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →