Arabic vocabulary
أوائِلُancients in Arabic
أوائِلُ is how you say “ancients” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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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