وَوَصَفَand described in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَوَصَفَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ النُّسَّاكِ عِنْدَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ عَائِشَةِ فَقَالُوا هُوَ جِدٌّ كُلُّهُ،

  They described a man among the ascetics to Ubayd Allah ibn Aisha, and they said, "He is all seriousness."

  وَوَصْفَ — and described. Front wa- is the joiner 'and'; the rest is a past-tense verb with its doer ('he/they') built into the shape. The wa- links this reporting clause to the surrounding narration, opening the account of how the man was described.

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