Arabic vocabulary
جَلِيسٌcompanion in Arabic
جَلِيسٌ is how you say “companion” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَهَذَا الأَغْلَبُ يُحَدِّثُ جَلِيسَهُ ،
And this is what most often happens to his companion,
جَلِيسَهُ — his companion. A noun ('seat-mate / companion') carrying -hu 'his', so 'his companion', the object of the talking verb. The attached pronoun ties the companion to him, naming whom he chats with rather than studies beside.
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