دَقَّelusive

Example sentences

• وَأَبَان من نَص الْكتاب معنى دق عَن حَدِيد الإلحاظ

  And he clarified from the text of the Book a meaning too subtle for sharp eyes.

  دَقَّ — elusive. A past-tense verb 'was fine / subtle', subject 'it' (the meaning) inside, opening a clause describing it — 'which was too subtle'. The meaning's delicacy.

  From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →

• فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ جَالِسٌ إِذْ دَقَّ دَاقُ الْبَابِ

  While I was sitting with him, there came a knock at the door.

  دَقَّ — he knocked. A past-tense verb reporting the sudden knock, the event that interrupts the scene. Its subject, the knocker, follows it in the usual Arabic order.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →