دَخَلَاentered (the two of them)

Example sentences

• فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى دَخَلَا،

  So Abu Talhah and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah send blessings and peace upon him, came forward and entered.

  دَخَلَا — entered (the two of them). A past verb in the DUAL -- a form English lacks -- meaning 'the two of them entered'. Its '-aa' ending folds 'exactly two' into the verb itself, marking both Abu Talhah and the Prophet as entering together, no separate 'two' word needed.

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