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لِلشَّيْخِ for the sheikh in Arabic

لِلشَّيْخِ is how you say “for the sheikh” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَأَفْرَدْتُ لِلشَّيْخِ دَارًا بِدَرْبِ الدِّيْوَانِ،

And I set aside a house for the sheikh on Diwan Lane.

للشيخ for the sheikh

A preposition 'for' fused to a definite noun 'the sheikh', forming 'for the sheikh' in one word and naming the beneficiary. The preposition governs the noun into the genitive, and its leading 'the' assimilates in sound into the following letter.

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