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شَيْخَانِ two elders in Arabic

شَيْخَانِ is how you say “two elders” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

اللَّهُمَّ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ،

O Allah, I had two elderly parents.

شَيْخَانِ two elders

A noun in the dual, agreeing with the dual 'parents' it describes. As a describing word matched in number, it doubles to mark 'two' and tells you both of the pair were elderly, the dual ending carrying the count.

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