Arabic vocabulary
قَتِيلًاkilled in Arabic
قَتِيلًا is how you say “killed” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَسَبْعِينَ قَتِيلًا،
And seventy were killed.
قَتِيلًا — killed ones. A noun 'slain one' kept singular as the counted item after the number, carrying the indefinite object-style ending such counts take. English turns it plural 'killed', but the Arabic literally counts 'seventy of a slain one'.
From: A Companion at Battle →
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