تَعَرَّضَتْapproached

Example sentences

• فَتَعَرَّضَتْ لَهُ اِمْرَأَةٌ وَكََلَّمَتْهُ فَأَبَى،

  Then a woman approached him and spoke to him, then he refused.

  فَتَعَرَّضَتْ — then approached. The fa- launches the next turn of events -- a woman now acts -- and the verb's '-at' ending marks the doer as feminine. The forward push of fa- keeps the narrative ticking from one beat to the next.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →