Arabic vocabulary
أُمَيَّةِ is how you say “Umayya” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ صَدِيقًا لِأُمَيَّةِ بْنِ خَلَفٍ،
He said that he was a friend of Umayya ibn Khalaf.
لِأُمَيَّةِ — of Umayya. A 'for/to' particle of attachment that puts the following name into the 'of' (genitive) shape, marking whose friend he was. It links the friendship-noun to the person named after it.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →وَكَانَ سَعْدٌ إِذَا مَرَّ بِمَكَّةِ نَزَلَ عَلَى أُمَيَّةِ،
Whenever Sa'd passed through Mecca, he would stay with Umayya.
أُمَيَّةِ — Umayya. A proper name in the 'of' (genitive) shape because the preceding preposition governs it. It names the host the traveller habitually stayed with.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →فَنَزَلَ عَلَى أُمَيَّةِ بِمَكَّةِ،
So he stayed with Umayya in Mecca.
أُمَيَّةِ — Ummayya. A proper name in the 'of' (genitive) shape — its final kasra ending is what marks the genitive — because the preceding 'upon' governs it. It names the host.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →OpenArabic teaches words like أُمَيَّةِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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