رَعَىgraze

Example sentences

• كَالرَّاعِي يَرْعَى حَوْلَ الْحِمَى يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَرْتَعَ فِيهِ،

  Like the shepherd who grazes around a sanctuary, nearly falling into it.

  يَرْعَى — grazes. A present verb, 'grazes, pastures his flock', subject 'he' inside; the weak final root-letter gives the long ending. It describes the shepherd's ongoing action around the forbidden ground.

  From: The Lawful, the Forbidden, and the Grey →

• أبلاهم الله بالغلبة فافتح عينك ، وأحضر ذهنك ، وأرعني سمعك ،

  May God test them with defeat; so open your eyes, bring your mind, and lend me your ear,

  وَأَرْعِنِي — and lend to me. This is the bound wa- 'and' plus a command verb 'lend, give heed' plus the attached -ni 'to me', so one word means 'and lend me'. The wa- coordinates the order, the imperative carries the 'you' inside it, and -ni marks the speaker as the one to be heeded.

  From: True Devotion →