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تُسَمَّى be called in Arabic

تُسَمَّى is how you say “be called” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَلِذَلِكَ كَانَتْ تُسَمَّى ذَاتَ النِّطَاقِ،

And for that reason she was called She of the Girdle,

تُسَمَّى be called

This is the passive: she RECEIVES the naming rather than naming anyone, and Arabic marks that with inner-vowel shaping, not a helper like 'was'. Paired with the 'she was' before it, it reads 'used to be called', the namers left unstated, people in general.

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