عين eyes in Arabic
عين is how you say “eyes” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
أما علمت أَن الصَّادِق إِذا هم ألْقى بَين عَيْنَيْهِ عزمه
Do you not know that the truthful person, when he resolves, casts his determination before his eyes?
عَيْنَيْهِ his two eyes
A dual 'two eyes' (the '-ay' ending) with '-hi' (his) attached, genitive — 'his [two] eyes'. The dual folds 'exactly two' into the noun; the idiom 'between his eyes' means 'right before him'.
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إِذا نزل آب فِي الْقلب حل آذار فِي الْعين
When the heat of August settles in the heart, the rain of March flows from the eyes.
الْعَيْنِ the eyes
In the genitive after 'in', definite — completing the image: summer in the heart, spring rain in the eyes.
فقال العطار خذ هذا الدواء واجعله في إحدى عينيه
The herbalist said, 'Take this medicine and put it in one of its eyes.'
عينيه its two eyes
The owner closing 'one of its two eyes', a dual noun, Arabic's dedicated 'exactly two' form, with the owner attached as a suffix. The dual is carried by the word's own ending, so no separate 'two' is needed, and the suffix points back to the donkey.
فأخذ جحا الدواء وذهب به إلى الحمار ووضعه في عينه،
Joha took the medicine and went to the donkey and put it in its eye,
عينه its eye
The place, 'its eye', in the genitive after the preposition, with the owner attached as a suffix pointing back to the donkey. One word carries noun and owner.