أَطْعَمَgive

Example sentences

• إِن أكلت أكلت طيبا وَإِن أطعمت أطعمت طيبا

  If it consumes, it consumes from the good, and if it gives, it gives from the good.

  أَطْعَمَتْ — it gives. A Form IV verb, 'feed' (the a-prefix making 'cause to eat'), with the feminine '-at' subject, the bee. As before it is the condition's verb, 'if it feeds'.

  From: Contentment with What God Wills →

• إِن أكلت أكلت طيبا وَإِن أطعمت أطعمت طيبا

  If it consumes, it consumes from the good, and if it gives, it gives from the good.

  أَطْعَمَتْ — it gives. The same 'feed' verb repeated as the answer, binding 'if it feeds, it feeds...'. The matched repetition is Arabic's conditional rhythm.

  From: Contentment with What God Wills →