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يَخْدِمُ devote himself to in Arabic

يَخْدِمُ is how you say “devote himself to” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَهَلْ شَيْءٌ أَقْبَحُ مِنْ شَابٍّ يَخْدِمُ السُّنَّةَ وَلَا يَعْمَلُ بِهَا ؟

Is there anything more disgraceful than a young man who serves the Sunnah and does not act on it?

يَخْدِمُ serves

A present-tense verb, third-person singular, with the 'he' subject built into its prefix. It opens a description of the young man with no relative word written: Arabic attaches such describing clauses straight onto an indefinite noun, so 'a young man [who] serves'.

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More example sentences

وَأَقَامَ بِوَاسِطِ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ يَخْدِمُ نَفْسَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ،

He remained for five years, attending to his own needs by himself.

يَخْدِمُ he serves

A present-tense verb carrying its 'he' subject inside. Placed after the past-tense framing of his staying, it describes what was going on throughout that period: ongoing, repeated activity rather than one event. The present tense here paints the background of the years he remained.

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