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أَرْبَعِين forty in Arabic

أَرْبَعِين is how you say “forty” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

يخرج الدجال في أمتى فيمكث أربعين لا أدري يوماً أو أربعين شهراً، أو أربعين عاماً،

The Dajjal will appear in my nation and will remain for forty—I do not know whether days or months or years.

أَرْبَعِينَ for forty

This is the number 'forty', in the accusative to mark a span of time — 'forty [units]'. Arabic puts a duration like this in the accusative. The speaker then admits he is unsure of the unit.

From The Return of Jesus

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More example sentences

يخرج الدجال في أمتى فيمكث أربعين لا أدري يوماً أو أربعين شهراً، أو أربعين عاماً،

The Dajjal will appear in my nation and will remain for forty—I do not know whether days or months or years.

أَرْبَعِينَ forty

The number 'forty' again, in the accusative of duration, repeated for the second guessed unit. Arabic restates the number with each option rather than leaving it understood.

From The Return of Jesus

يخرج الدجال في أمتى فيمكث أربعين لا أدري يوماً أو أربعين شهراً، أو أربعين عاماً،

The Dajjal will appear in my nation and will remain for forty—I do not know whether days or months or years.

أَرْبَعِينَ forty

The number 'forty' once more, accusative of duration, for the third option. Repeating it keeps each guess fully stated.

From The Return of Jesus

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