أُغْمِيَhe fainted in Arabic

Example sentences

• قَالَتْ فَفَعَلْنَا فَاغْتَسَلَ فَذَهَبَ لِيَنُوءَ فَأُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ،

  She said, so we did; he washed, then he went to lie down, and he fainted.

  فَأُغْمِيَ — then he fainted. This verb is passive: he is the one the fainting comes over, not the doer of any action. Arabic marks the passive by changing the inner vowels of the verb rather than adding a helper word, which is how the same root flips from 'doing' to 'undergoing'.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ لِيَنُوءَ فَأُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ،

  Then he went to lean over and fainted.

  فَأُغْمِيَ — and he fainted. A passive verb: he is the one overcome, not the agent. Arabic signals the passive by altering the verb's inner vowels rather than adding 'was', so the same root reads as 'undergone' here.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• فَقَعَدَ فَاغْتَسَلَ، ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ لِيَنُوءَ فَأُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ،

  He sat down, washed himself, went to lie down, and fainted.

  فَأُغْمِيَ — then he fainted. A passive verb: he is overcome rather than acting. The passive is marked by the verb's inner vowels, not a helper word, so the same root reads as 'was overcome'.

  From: Prayer During Illness →