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مَات passed away in Arabic

مَات is how you say “passed away” in Arabic.

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ما تأتي عبرة مثل أن أباك وأمك ماتا،

No lesson is as profound as the fact that your father and mother have passed away,

مَاتَا have passed away

A past-tense verb in the dual meaning 'the two of them died', with the dual ending agreeing with the father and mother together. Arabic has a dedicated verb form for exactly two doers, so the ending alone tells you both parents, as a pair, passed away.

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