بَاتَاstayed

Example sentences

• وفرق بين الإلفين وكم باتا،

  And He separated between the two close companions, though they stayed together for long,

  بَاتَا — they stayed. A past-tense verb in the dual meaning 'the two spent the night', with the dual ending agreeing with the two companions. Arabic has a dedicated verb form for exactly two doers, so the ending alone tells you both of them, not more, passed those nights together.

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