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أَطْفَأَ extinguish in Arabic

أَطْفَأَ is how you say “extinguish” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فتسيرُ بنورٍ لا يُطفئه صخبُ الدنيا

So you walk with a light that is not extinguished by the noise of the world.

يُطْفِئُهُ extinguishes it

Present 'puts it out, extinguishes it', with 'it' attached pointing back to the light. With the noun 'light' indefinite, this whole verb works as 'which... extinguishes it'; its subject 'the noise' comes next.

From Turning Daily Words into Worship

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More example sentences

جز فقد أطفأ نورك لهبي،

Run, for your light has extinguished my flame.

أَطْفَأَ have extinguished

A past-tense verb whose doer is 'your light', stated after it in the usual verb-first order. Its singular form agrees with that single following subject, and the past tense presents the extinguishing as an accomplished fact.

From The Story of Prophet Joseph

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