Arabic vocabulary
أُمَيَّةُ is how you say “Umayya” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ دَعْنَا عَنْكَ يَا أُمَيَّةُ،
Sa'd said, 'Leave us alone, O Umayya.'
أُمَيَّةُ — Umayya. A proper name in address (vocative) mode after the call-particle; a single name called this way takes the bare nominative-style ending. It names the addressee.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →فَفَزِعَ لِذَلِكَ أُمَيَّةُ فَزَعًا شَدِيدًا،
So Umayyah was seized with intense alarm at that.
أُمَيَّةُ — Umayyah. A proper name as the subject (nominative) of the fright-verb before it — the one alarmed. Verb-then-subject order is normal here.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ أُمَيَّةُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ قَالَ يَا أُمُّ صَفْوَانِ،
So when Umayya returned to his household, he said, 'O Umm Safwan,'
أُمَيَّةُ — Umayya. A proper name as the subject (nominative) of the returning verb before it. It is the one who came back.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →فَقَالَ أُمَيَّةُ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَخْرُجُ مِنْ مَكَّةِ،
So Umayya said, "By God, I will not leave Mecca."
أُمَيَّةُ — Umayya. A proper name as the subject (nominative) of the reporting verb before it; its final -u (damma) marks the nominative. It names the speaker.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →فَكَرَهَ أُمَيَّةُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ،
So Umayya disliked that he go out.
أُمَيَّةُ — Umayya. A proper name as the subject (nominative) of the disliking verb before it. It is the one reluctant to go.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →ثُمَّ قَالَ أُمَيَّةُ يَا أُمُّ صَفْوَانِ جَهِّزِينِي
Then Umayya said, "O Umm Safwan, prepare me."
أُمَيَّةُ — Umayya. A proper name as the subject (nominative) of the reporting verb before it; though the name can look feminine, the masculine verb shows a man is meant. It names the speaker.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ أُمَيَّةُ أَخَذَ لَا يَنْزِلُ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا عَقَلَ بَعِيرَهُ،
When Umayya went out, he would not stop at any lodging except to tether his camel.
أُمَيَّةُ — Umayya. A proper name as the subject (nominative) of the going-out verb before it. It is the traveller whose habit follows.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →OpenArabic teaches words like أُمَيَّةُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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