طَابَbecame pleasant

Example sentences

• فَزَالَ القلق وطاب عَيْش الماكث

  So anxiety vanished, and the resident's life became pleasant.

  وَطَابَ — and became pleasant. A 'hollow' verb meaning 'turned sweet/agreeable'. Like its neighbours it shows the middle weak letter as a long vowel, and it carries its subject after it, here the dweller's life that became pleasant.

  From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →

• فَإِذا طَابَ الْملك طابت جُنُوده وَإِذا خبث خبثت جُنُوده

  If the king is sound, the soldiers are sound, and if it is corrupt, the soldiers are corrupt.

  طَابَ — is sound. Past-form verb, 'it is good/sound', carrying its own subject slot to be filled by the noun after it. Inside the 'if' clause it states the trigger; the verb comes before its subject as usual in Arabic.

  From: Patience in Hard Times →