أُمَيَّةُUmayya

Example sentences

• 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 →