أَدْنَى closer in Arabic
أَدْنَى is how you say “closer” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
تمرق مارقة على خير فرقة من الْمُسلمين يقتلهُمْ أدنى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ
A group will defect from the best faction of the Muslims, and the closer of the two parties will kill them.
أَدْنَى the closer
This is a comparative-superlative shape meaning 'the nearer', built into the word from the root, and it heads a possessive pairing 'the nearer of the two parties'. Its subject ending marks it as the doer of the killing verb.
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More example sentences
أَدْنَى إِلَى الْأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَرَادَ،
nearer to the ground that he intended,
أَدْنَى nearer
This is a comparative describing word ('nearer'), formed on Arabic's standard 'more X' pattern. It restates the outcome of the measuring and behaves as a predicate, taking the accusative form because the earlier 'found/was' framing governs it.
وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَصْبِرُ بِأَدْنَى حَمْلٍ عَلَى النَّفْسِ
And among them are those who endure even the slightest burden upon the self.
بِأَدْنَى with the slightest
The preposition 'bi-' (with) fused onto a superlative-style adjective 'the very least', which 'bi-' puts in the genitive. The phrase marks the small measure at which they manage to bear up.