بكَyou

Example sentences

• فالنفس كالدابة، إن أحسنت عِلفها ومَشْيها وصلت بك إلى المرعى، وإن أطلقت لها العِنان أوردتك مورد الهلكة

  For the soul is like a beast; if you nurture and guide it well, it will lead you to pasture, but if you give it free rein, it will bring you to destruction.

  بِكَ — you. 'bi-' = 'with' + '-ka' = 'you', so 'with you' — i.e. it brought you along.

  From: Small Daily Habits →

• فقال يا عبد الله لا تستهزئ بى فقلت لا أستهزئ بك، فأخذه كله فاستاقه فلم يترك منه شيئاً،

  He said: 'O Servant of Allah, do not mock me!' I replied: 'I am not mocking you.' So he took everything and drove it all away, leaving nothing behind.

  بِكَ — you. This is the preposition bi- fused with -ka ('you'), completing the verb 'mock at': 'at you'. The bi- links the (denied) mockery to its target, marking the worker as the one not being ridiculed.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →