مُصَنِّفَيْنِtwo authors

Example sentences

• فَلَا غَرَابَةَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ الْمُصَنِّفَيْنِ فِي الإِسْلَامِ،

  So it is no surprise that he was among the most prolific authors in Islam,

  الْمُصَنِّفَيْنِ — the two authors. A noun in its dual form — the dedicated 'exactly two' shape Arabic folds into the word's ending — though here it stands for authors generally. It is the owning half of 'the most of the authors', so it sits in the after-a-possessor case.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →