طَوَىcoil

Example sentences

• لا ينسى رزق الحمل ولا يهمل قوت النمل ولا الحيات في الرمل تطوى،

  He does not forget the provision for the fetus nor neglect the nourishment of the ants or the snakes coiled in the sand.

  تُطْوَى — are coiled. This verb is in its passive shape, so the snakes undergo the coiling rather than do it; Arabic marks the passive by changing the inner vowels, not by adding a 'are' word. Its feminine form agrees with the fronted snakes as the receiver that the passive promotes to subject.

  From: All Creation Praises Him →