Arabic vocabulary
الدَّفَّتَانِthe two booklets in Arabic
الدَّفَّتَانِ is how you say “the two booklets” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
جمعة الدفتان من أول الحمد لله رب العالمين إلى آخر قل أعوذ برب الناس كلام الله
Friday of the Two Booklets: from the beginning, "Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds," to the end, "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind." The Word of God.
الدَّفَّتَانِ — the two booklets. This is a dual noun, a form English lacks: instead of adding a separate word for 'two', Arabic folds 'exactly two' into the ending of the noun itself. It pairs with the day-name before it to specify the title, so the count of booklets is carried entirely by the word's shape, not by a number word.
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