كَبِيرَان old in Arabic
كَبِيرَان is how you say “old” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
The English is machine-translated.

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