Arabic vocabulary

إِلْفclose companions in Arabic

إِلْف is how you say “close companions” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وفرق بين الإلفين وكم باتا،
And He separated between the two close companions, though they stayed together for long,
الإِلْفَيْنِ — the two close companions. This is the dual form, 'the two close companions', in the genitive because 'between' governs it; the dual ending folds 'exactly two' into the noun where English needs a separate 'two'. So the word carries both the count of two and the case at once, naming the pair that was parted.
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