Arabic vocabulary
أوائِلُancients
How to say “ancients” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
قال بفضله الأوائل والأواخر
His virtue was acknowledged by the ancients and the moderns.
الأوائِلُ — the ancients. This is the subject of the verb 'acknowledged', carrying the subject ending and made definite by 'al-'. It names the earlier people as one of the groups that recognised him.
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