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نَهْرِ the river in Arabic

نَهْرِ is how you say “the river” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

شَرِبَ الْمَاءَ الَّذِي فِي النَّهْرِ كُلَّهُ أَوْ افْتَدَى مِنْهُ

He drank all the water that was in the river, or he redeemed himself from it.

النَّهر the river

A definite noun ('the river') sitting in the form that the preposition 'in' imposes on it. The article 'al-' marks it as the specific river already mentioned. Its case here is dictated entirely by the 'in' that governs it.

From Luqman's Wisdom and Trial

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More example sentences

فَقُلْ لَهُ إِشْرَبْ مَا بَيْنَ ضِفَّتَيَّ النَّهْرِ أَوِ الْمَدِّ

Then say to him, "Drink whatever is between my two banks, the river or the tide."

النَّهْرِ the river

A definite noun, 'the river', placed right after 'two banks' to form an 'of' chain, the banks of the river. It owns the dual before it, and Arabic builds 'banks of the river' simply by juxtaposing the two nouns with no 'of' word.

From Luqman's Wisdom and Trial

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