Arabic vocabulary
اخْتَصَمَdisputed
How to say “disputed” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فاختصمت فيه ملائكة الرحمة وملائكة العذاب
Then the Angels of Mercy and the Angels of Punishment disputed over him.
فَاخْتَصَمَتْ — so they disputed. This is 'so' plus a Form VIII verb 'disputed / contended', and it is feminine-singular even though its doers (the angels) are plural — because Arabic treats a non-human plural as a feminine-singular group. So the '-at' ending is agreement, not a single female. Its subject follows.
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