كَبِيرَانold

Example sentences

• قال رجل منهم اللهم كان لي أبوان شيخان كبيران، وكنت لا أغبق قبلهما أهلاً ولا مالاً

  One of them said: 'O Allah, I had elderly parents, and I never provided drink to my family or wealth before them.'

  كَبِيرَانِ — old. This is a second dual adjective stacked onto the parents, again carrying the dual ending to agree with the pair. Two such adjectives in a row pile up the description (aged and elderly), each matching the noun's 'exactly two' shape.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →