Arabic vocabulary
يَتَأَخَّرfell behind
How to say “fell behind” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
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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