أَدْنَىٰ nearer in Arabic
أَدْنَىٰ is how you say “nearer” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَإِلَى أَيِّهِمَا كَانَ أَدْنَىٰ فَهُوَ لَهُ
So whichever of the two he was nearer to, it belonged to him.
أَدْنَىٰ nearer
This is a comparative describing word ('nearer'), built on a fixed pattern Arabic uses for 'more X'. It serves as the predicate completing the preceding 'was' verb, and that linking verb is why it takes the accusative tail ending rather than the plain subject form.
The English is machine-translated.

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