Arabic vocabulary
How to say “the two banks” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
قَالَ لَا بَلْ مَا بَيْنَ الضِّفَّتَيْنِ
He said, "No; rather, drink what is between the two banks."
الضِّفَّتَيْنِ — the two banks. The dual, 'two banks', with 'al-' (the): 'the two banks', in the form 'between' requires. The count of two lives in the word's shape; the article marks the known pair. Its case is set by the preceding preposition.
From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →OpenArabic teaches words like الضِّفَّتَيْنِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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