Breakdown of عيناه متعبتان من الشمس.
الal
the
شمسshams
sun
منmin
from
متعبmuta'ab
tired
هhu
his / him (object) / it (dummy pronoun after لأن)
عين'ayn
eye
Questions & Answers about عيناه متعبتان من الشمس.
Why is it عيناه and not عينانه?
The word for two eyes is عينان. When you attach a possessive pronoun like ـه (his) to a dual noun, the letter ن at the end of the dual is always dropped. So, عينان plus ـه becomes عيناه.
Why does عيناه use an alif (ا) instead of a ya (ي)?
It is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case. For dual nouns, the nominative case is marked by the alif (ا) as in عيناه. If it were the object of a verb or placed after a preposition, it would be عينيه (using ي).
Why does the adjective متعبتان have the feminine marker ت?
In Arabic, body parts that come in pairs (like eyes, hands, and ears) are naturally feminine. Therefore, the adjective describing his eyes must match in both dual number and feminine gender, making it متعبتان instead of the masculine متعبان.
Why does متعبتان keep its ن when عيناه lost it?
The ن is only dropped when a dual noun is followed by a possessive pronoun or is the first word in a possession structure (Idafa). Since متعبتان is just a standard adjective serving as the predicate of the sentence, it keeps its normal dual ending.
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