أَرْضَى favored in Arabic
أَرْضَى is how you say “favored” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
لَا يَقْصِدُونَ مَا يُرْضِي الرَّبَّ وَيُحِبُّهُ
They do not intend what pleases the Lord and what He loves.
يُرْضِي pleases
A present-tense verb in a causative 'make-X-happen' pattern, meaning 'pleases', and it takes a direct object. Its hidden subject is the 'what' from before, so 'what pleases the Lord'. The derived pattern is what turns the root into a 'cause to be pleased' sense.
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More example sentences
وَهُوَ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا أَرْضَى فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لَهُ فِي حَيَّاتِهِ ثُلْثَيَ مَالِهِ
And he favored one of them, so he intended to give him two-thirds of his wealth during his lifetime.
ارضى he favored
A comparative describing word 'more pleasing/favored', stating that one son ranked higher in the father's regard. The comparative shape sets up an implicit 'more than the other'.