Arabic vocabulary
ابْنَانِtwo sons in Arabic
ابْنَانِ is how you say “two sons” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَقَالَ مَا تَقُولُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ فِي رَجُلٍ لَهُ ابْنَانِ
He said, "What do you say, may God have mercy on you, about a man who has two sons?"
ابْنَانِ — two sons. A dual noun 'two sons', the thing possessed in the 'he has...' construction. The dual shape folds 'exactly two' into the noun's own ending, so no separate 'two' is needed.
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