لَهُمَاfor them both

Example sentences

• فَحَلَبْتُ لَهُمَا غَبُوْقَهُمَا

  So I milked for them their pail.

  لَهُمَا — for them both. A preposition fused with a dual 'them' pronoun, 'for the two of them', the dual marking exactly two parents. The preposition casts the pair as the ones the milking was done for, so one word delivers the benefit-relation and the count.

  From: Trapped and Delivered →

• وَضَعْنَا لَهُمَا سُفْرَةً فِي جِرَابٍ،

  We placed a meal spread for the two of them in a pouch.

  لَهُمَا — for the two of them. A preposition 'for' carrying a dual 'them (two)' fused onto its end, the -huma marking exactly two beneficiaries, the Prophet and Abu Bakr. That dual suffix is the point: it pins the provision to the pair, and it takes the genitive after the preposition.

  From: The Secret Migration →