اِمْرَأَةwoman

Example sentences

• اِمْرَأَةٍ حَازِمَةٍ جِلْدَةٍ شَرِيفَةٍ،

  A resolute, hardy, noble woman,

  اِمْرَأَةٍ — a woman. A feminine noun ('a woman') left indefinite (the '-in' ending carries 'a'), here standing in apposition to Khadijah named earlier, restating who she is before the adjectives pile on. It is the noun the following string of descriptive words all attach to.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →

• فَأَخْبَرَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَأَرَاهَا ذَلِكَ

  Then he informed his wife and showed her that.

  امْرَأَته — his wife. A noun with a 'his' suffix on the end, 'his wife', standing as the one informed, so it takes the object-style ending as the target of 'informed'. The 'his' ties her to the man, and one Arabic word carries both the relation and its owner. It is the recipient of his news.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →