عَدُوُّهُ his enemy in Arabic
عَدُوُّهُ is how you say “his enemy” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَخَافَ فَوْتَ الصَّلَاةِ أَوِ الْوَقْتِ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ عَدُوُّهُ مِنْهُ مَا شَاءَ
He feared missing the prayer or its appointed time, and his enemy did not attain from him what he wanted.
عَدُوُّهُ his enemy
This noun carries -hu ('his') and is the subject of the verb before it, so it takes the plain subject ending: 'his enemy'. The attached possessor reaches back to the man, marking whose enemy. So the enemy is the would-be attainer who got nothing.
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وَمَنْ عَزَّ عَلَيْهِ الصَّبْرُ طَمَعَ فِيهِ عَدُوُّهُ
And whoever finds patience hard, his enemy will take advantage of him.
عَدُوُّهُ his enemy
A noun carrying the owner ending '-hu' (his), the subject of the exploiting verb placed after it: his enemy. The suffix points back to the struggling person.
وَكَمْ شَاهَدْتُ وَالْ قَصْرَ وَلِيُّهُ عَدُوُّهُ لَمَّا عُزِلَ
How often have I seen the governor of a palace whose ally became his enemy when he was dismissed!
عَدُوُّهُ his enemy
A noun meaning 'enemy', with the suffix -hu ('his', male) attached, so it reads 'his enemy'. It is the predicate of the reversal-clause: the ally turns into this. The matched 'his' on both ally and enemy drives home that the same person flips roles.