نَفَرٍpeople

Example sentences

• قَالَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ بِمَسْجِدِ الشِّيرَازِيِّ

  He said, "Three people in the mosque of the Shirazi."

  نَفَرٍ — people. A collective noun for 'persons/a band', the counted noun paired with 'three', appearing in the genitive singular shape that this number range requires, and left indefinite. Arabic numerals from three to ten take their counted noun in this particular form, so the ending is set by the number before it.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →

• فَإِذَا بِثَلَاثَةِ نَفَرٍ قُعَّادٍ رُؤُوسُهُمْ فِي مُرَقَّعَاتِهِمْ

  Then three people were sitting with their heads in their cloaks.

  نَفَرٍ — people. A counted noun paired with the numeral 'three'. With the small numbers three through ten, Arabic keeps the counted thing PLURAL and in the 'of' (genitive) ending, so this reads almost like 'three of people'. It is the group the scene is about.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →