يَبِيتَانِspend the night

Example sentences

• فَيَبِيتَانِ فِي رِسْلِهَا حَتَّى يَنْعِقَ بِهَا عَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةِ بِغَلَسٍ،

  So they two spent the night in its pen until Amir ibn Fuhayrah cried out with it at dawn.

  فَيَبِيتَانِ — so they two spend the night. A chaining fa- plus a present verb whose '-an' tail marks a two-people subject, so 'the pair of them spend the night' is one word. The dual ending alone carries 'exactly two', with no separate number needed.

  From: The Secret Migration →