To: bruinbirdman
Abu means “father of.” I don’t know what al-Abd means.
6 posted on
02/20/2010 11:01:11 PM PST by
185JHP
( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")
To: 185JHP
Abd in Arabic is “slave”.
9 posted on
02/20/2010 11:14:26 PM PST by
QQQQ
To: 185JHP
14 posted on
02/21/2010 12:35:14 AM PST by
Atchafalaya
(Atchafalaya Basin; when you're there , thats the best)
To: 185JHP
Abu means “father of.” I don’t know what al-Abd means.
The servant. Semitic roots are fun that way. Hence the Hebrew/Appalachian "Obediah" is equivalent to the Arabic "Abdullah".
48 posted on
02/23/2010 11:06:46 PM PST by
rmlew
(Democracy tends to ignore..., threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed)
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