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كَبِيرًا old in Arabic

كَبِيرًا is how you say “old” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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.

From The Night of Revelation and Consolation

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