Arabic vocabulary
يَتَأَخَّرfell behind in Arabic
يَتَأَخَّر is how you say “fell behind” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وتارَة يذكر الطّلب فَيتَأَخَّر وَرَاءه
And at times, he would remember the pursuit, so he fell behind him.
فَيَتَأَخَّرُ — so he fell behind. 'Fa-' (so) plus a present-tense reflexive-shape (form V) verb 'falls back / lags', subject 'he' inside. The form gives 'puts himself behind'; the 'fa-' threads the result.
From: The Night of the Migration →
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