Arabic vocabulary
أَصْحَابِهِ is how you say “companions of him” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ
Then he returned to his companions and said.
أَصْحَابِهِ — companions of him. A noun 'companions' with a single male 'his' ('-hi') tail attached, so one word means 'his companions'; held in the genitive by the 'to' before it. The attached possessor names whose companions they are.
From: A Companion at Battle →وَضَمِنَ إِبْلِيسُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ الْوُصُولَ إِلَيْهَا
And Iblis assured his companions that they would reach it.
لِأَصْحَابِهِ — for his companions. Three layers sit in one word: the preposition li- 'for/to', the noun 'companions', and a stuck-on possessor 'his' at the end. The li- marks these companions as the ones the assurance is given to, and because the noun follows a preposition it takes the 'of' (genitive) ending.
From: The Four Inner Guards →OpenArabic teaches words like أَصْحَابِهِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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