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نِسَاءَ women in Arabic

نِسَاءَ is how you say “women” in Arabic.

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عَنْ عَائِشَةِ ـ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ـ أَنَّ نِسَاءَ،

Narrated Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, that the women,

نِسَاءَ the women,

A plural noun serving as the topic of the reported clause introduced by 'that'; being governed by that particle it takes the accusative ending. The clause is left dangling here mid-thought, with this noun as the subject whose action continues in the next sentence.

From Wives of the Prophet

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تَقُولُ إِنَّ نِسَاءَكَ يَنْشُدْنَكَ اللَّهَ الْعَدْلَ فِي بِنْتِ أَبِ بَكْرِ،

She says that your wives implore you, by God, for justice for the daughter of Abu Bakr.

نِسَاءَكَ your wives

A plural noun with the 'your' ending attached, naming the listener as owner of the wives; one word for English's two. Governed by the 'indeed' particle before it, it takes the accusative as the topic of the emphatic clause.

From Wives of the Prophet

قَالَ فَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ رَأَيْتُ النِّسَاءَ يَشْتَدِدْنَ

He said, "By God, I saw the women growing more agitated."

النِّسَاءَ the women

A noun 'the women', a plural built by reshaping the singular's letters, made definite by its built-in 'the' and standing as what was seen, so it takes the object ending. The definite marker points to a specific known group.

From A Companion at Battle

كُنَّا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لَا نَعُدُّ النِّسَاءَ شَيْئًا،

We were in the Age of Ignorance; we did not regard women as anything,

النِّسَاءَ women

Carries 'al-' and is the thing-acted-on of 'reckon', so it takes the object ending; it is a feminine plural. The definiteness marks women as a known class being dismissed.

From Umar and the Prophet's Wives

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