لَهَىbecame preoccupied in Arabic

Example sentences

• أَمَرَ إِبْنَهُ بِبَعْضِ أَمْرِهِ فَلَهَى عَنْهُ

  He ordered his son to attend to some of his affairs, and the son became absorbed in them.

  فَلَهَى — so he became preoccupied. Consecutive fa- ('and so') on a past-tense verb with 'he' inside it. The fa- sequences the becoming-absorbed as the next beat after the command.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →

• ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ فَلَهَى عَنْهُ

  Then he ordered him, but he became distracted from it.

  فَلَهَى — so he became distracted. Consecutive fa- ('and so') on a past-tense verb carrying 'he' inside it. The fa- sequences the distraction right after the order, one beat following the next.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →