يَقْدِرْ be able in Arabic
يَقْدِرْ is how you say “be able” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَإِذَا لَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَنْ يَسْتَزِلَّهُ قَالَ يَا وَيْلَهُ
So when he could not win him over, he would exclaim, "Woe to him."
يَقْدِرْ be able
This is a present-tense verb forced into the jussive (clipped) ending by the preceding negator, which is why it lacks its full present vowel. With that negator it refers to the past, 'was not able'. Its subject 'he' is carried inside the verb.
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More example sentences
فَإِذَا اسْتَعَذْتَ مِنْهُ هَرَبَ مِنْكَ وَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى قَطْعِ طَرِيقِ الدِّينِ
When you seek refuge from him, he flees from you and cannot cut off the path of religion.
يَقْدِرْ be able
A present-shaped verb of being able, but the 'lam' before it forces it into its clipped (jussive) ending and flips its time to a flat past negation: 'was not able'. The clipped ending is the visible signal that 'lam' is in control.