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Kalimāt: Arabic for Islamic and Arabic Studies

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English: Arabic (vocalized/unvocalized):
older (persons)

أكبر سنا‏

أَكْبَرُ سِنّاً‏

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Categories:
Speech register: written
Knowledge: passive
Lesson: 23
Frequency: 3
Part of speech: Adjective
Morphological category: elative
Morph. pattern: أَفْعَلُ
Root: كبر
Subject: Family, Body and hygiene

Sample sentences:

‫أخْتي أكْبَرُ سِنَّاً مِنِّي‬

‫الزَّوجُ أكْبَرُ سِنَّاً مِنْ زَوجَتِهِ بِعَشْرِ سَنَواتٍ‬