Arabic vocabulary
كَبِيرًاold in Arabic
كَبِيرًا is how you say “old” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَكَانَ شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا قَدْ عَمِيَ
He was an old man who had become blind.
كَبِيرًا — old. An adjective trailing its noun, the normal Arabic order: the described thing comes first, its quality second. It copies the noun's grammar to show they belong together, so it carries the same -an accusative ending forced by kaana on the pair. English instead stacks the adjective in front of the noun.
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