كَتِيبَةunit in Arabic

Example sentences

• تَمُرُّ كَتِيبَةً كَتِيبَةً عَلَى أَبِيِ سُفْيَانِ،

  Unit after unit passes by Abu Sufyan.

  كَتِيبَةً — unit. A feminine noun 'unit/detachment' in its object case, shown by the '-an' ending. Its accusative shape here is part of an adverbial repetition: 'unit by unit', describing how the passing happened group by group.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• تَمُرُّ كَتِيبَةً كَتِيبَةً عَلَى أَبِيِ سُفْيَانِ،

  Unit after unit passes by Abu Sufyan.

  كَتِيبَةً — unit. The same noun 'unit' repeated immediately, again in the object case. Arabic doubles the word like this to mean 'one unit after another'; the repetition itself, both in the accusative, builds the 'group by group' adverbial idea.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →