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بكَ you in Arabic

بكَ is how you say “you” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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

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More example sentences

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

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