تَنَكَّرَdeny

Example sentences

• إِنْ عَرَفُوا تَنَكَّرُوا،

  If they knew, they denied it.

  تَنَكَّرُوا — they denied. A past-tense 'they' verb with the doubled middle consonant of the intensive/reflexive pattern, here the 'made themselves act unknowing' shade. It is the response half of the condition, the consequence that follows from the 'if' verb before it.

  From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →