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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.

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