يَضِيعَbe wasted

Example sentences

• لِئَلا يَضِيعَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ وَقْتِيِ

  So that none of my time is wasted.

  يَضِيعَ — be wasted. A present-tense verb pushed into the subjunctive by the purpose particle just before it; the altered ending is the visible mark of that mood. The subjunctive shows this loss is the outcome being guarded against, not one already happening. Its subject, 'anything', follows.

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