No. 5,549 in Arabic

عصام

The Arabic word "عصام" (Issam) is a male given name meaning "protection" or "safeguard."

In a sentence

عصام طالب مجتهد يدرس الهندسة.
Issam is a diligent student studying engineering.
In this sentence, 'عصام' is used as a proper noun and refers to a person's name, indicating the subject of the sentence.
قال عصام إنه يحب القراءة في أوقات الفراغ.
Issam said that he enjoys reading during his free time.
Here, 'عصام' is again a proper noun, representing the speaker who is expressing a personal preference.
التقى عصام بأصدقائه في المكتبة مساءً.
Issam met his friends at the library in the evening.
In this example, 'عصام' is used as the subject of the sentence, describing who performed the action of meeting.

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