التَمَكُّنَbeing entrenched

Example sentences

• وَالْتَمَكُّنَ مِنَ الذُنُوبِ،

  and being entrenched in sins,

  وَالْتَمَكُّنَ — and being entrenched. This single word packs the linking 'and' (wa-) onto a verbal noun, the kind of noun Arabic builds from a verb to name the act itself ('being entrenched' rather than 'he is entrenched'). Because it is a noun, not a finite verb, it sits in a list of states being described rather than narrating an event, and the wa- ties it to the items listed alongside it.

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