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OP Question to someone who may know:
We see in Arabic many words which are prefixed with an
"al", Moammar Al-Qaddafi, for example. Others like Al-Akbar,
and I believe it was Anwar Al-Sadat of Egypt. To what
does the "al" refer? Or is it like a "the", "of", "from"?
Is it like Fitz in Fitzsimmons, Da in DaVinci, D' in D'Onofrio, Mac in MacKay, De in DeMaupassant? I notice it
is in names of places as well as people, hence my question.
----please, draw me a sheep----
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Al" LukeJavan8 02/27/11 12:46 AM Re: "Al" Faldage 02/27/11 01:48 AM Re: "Al" zmjezhd 02/27/11 02:33 AM Re: "Al" LukeJavan8 02/27/11 03:17 AM Re: "Al" Candy 02/27/11 03:44 AM Re: "Al" LukeJavan8 02/27/11 04:07 PM Re: "Al" bexter 03/02/11 01:44 PM Re: "Al" LukeJavan8 03/02/11 04:26 PM
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