رِجْلَيْtwo feet

Example sentences

• وَدَلَّى رِجْلَيْهِ فِي الْبِئْرِ،

  And he lowered his two feet into the well.

  رِجْلَيْهِ — his two feet. This is the dual - Arabic's dedicated 'exactly two' form, a category English lacks - so the noun's own ending already counts two, with no separate word for 'two' needed. Riding on the end is an attached 'his', naming the owner, so a single word packs the body-part, the count of two, and the possessor together.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →

• وَدَلَّى رِجْلَيْهِ فِي الْبِئْرِ،

  And he lowered his two legs into the well,

  رِجْلَيْهِ — his two legs. This is the dual - Arabic's dedicated 'exactly two' form, a category English lacks - so the noun's own ending already counts two, with no separate word for 'two' needed. Riding on the end is an attached 'his', naming the owner, so a single word packs the body-part, the count of two, and the possessor together.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →