ابن (ibn) — "son" in Modern Standard Arabic
ابن
ibn
son
- Topic
- mankind and kinship
- Seen in
- 3 of our stories
"son" in the other dialects
ابن in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
تعيش أمينة في منزل متنوع مع عائلتها المضيفة الأم المسيحية ماري والابن الملحد جون.
Taeish amina fi manzil mutanawwi maa ailatiha almudifa alum almasihiya mari walibn almulhid jun.
Amina lives in a diverse house with her host family, the Christian mother Mary and the atheist son John.
قال الابن سوف احاول لاصلاح الضوء
Qala al-ibnu sawfa uhawilu li-islahi ad-daw'i.
The son said, "I will try to fix the light."
from An Unexpected Visit
قال الابن لا يا امي انه يحتاج انترنت
Qal al-ibn la ya ummi innahu yahtaju internet.
The son said, 'No, mother, it needs internet'.
from A Problem at Home
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