أُمْيَّةَUmayya

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ لِأُمْيَّةَ اِنْظُرْ لِيَّ سَاعَةَ خَلْوَةِ لَعَلَّيَ أَنْ أَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ

  He said to Umayya, "Find for me a time of seclusion; perhaps I may circumambulate the House."

  لأُمَيَّةَ — to Umayya. A 'to' particle of address fused with a proper name; it marks the person spoken *to* and pulls the name into the 'of' (genitive) shape. So it identifies the addressee of the request.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →