الرَّفِيقِthe companion in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَكُلَّمَا اِسْتَوْحَشْتَ فِي تَفَرُّدِكَ فَانْظُرْ إِلَى الرَّفِيقِ السَّابِقِ،

  Whenever you feel lonely in your solitude, then look to the preceding companion.

  الرَّفِيقِ — the companion. Governed by the preceding 'to', this noun takes the genitive ending and names where to direct the gaze. Its definite al- assimilates in sound into the following sun letter, doubling that consonant when spoken. A describing word follows that will mark which companion is meant.

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