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بِنَفْسِهِ by himself in Arabic

بِنَفْسِهِ is how you say “by himself” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَأَقَامَ بِوَاسِطِ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ يَخْدِمُ نَفْسَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ،

He remained for five years, attending to his own needs by himself.

بنفسه by himself

The preposition bi- ('by/with') joined to 'self' plus -hi ('his own'). This repeats the 'self' word, now governed by bi-, to drive home that he did it unaided: by his very own self. The doubling is an emphasis device, stressing that no one else helped.

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