Arabic vocabulary
يَضِيعَbe wasted in Arabic
يَضِيعَ is how you say “be wasted” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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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