Arabic vocabulary
ضِفَّتَيْنِthe two banks
How to say “the two banks” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
قَالَ لَهُ نِعْمَ اِشْرَبْ مَا بَيْنَ الضِّفَّتَيْنِ أَوْ الْمَدَّ
He said to him, "All right, drink what is between the two banks or the tide."
الضِّفَّتَيْنِ — the two banks. The dual, 'two banks', with 'al-' (the): 'the two banks', in the form the preposition 'between' requires. The count of two is in the word's shape; the article marks the known pair. Its case is set by the preposition before it.
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