Arabic vocabulary
تَنَصَّرَ is how you say “had become a Christian” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَكَانَ أَمْرَأً تَنَصَّرَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ،
And he was a man who converted to Christianity during the Age of Ignorance,
تَنَصَّرَ — converted to Christianity. A past verb in a self-directed pattern meaning 'became a Christian', its doer folded in as 'he'; the verb-shape itself carries the 'turn oneself into' sense. It describes the man further, the one who had converted.
From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →OpenArabic teaches words like تَنَصَّرَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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