زَالَتْceased

Example sentences

• فَإِذَا فَارَقَهُنَّ وَصَاحَبَ فُحُولَ الرِّجَالِ زَالَتْ عَنْهُ،

  So when he left them and kept company with virile men, it ceased from him.

  زَالَتْ — it ceased. A past-tense verb in a feminine form, its ending agreeing with the unnamed feminine quality (the rashness) that is its subject. It delivers the result of the 'when' clause: the trait went away. The feminine ending tracks that earlier topic.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →