Arabic vocabulary
أَوْمَأَhe gestured
How to say “he gestured” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأَنْ لَا يَتَأَخَّرَ
Then the Prophet gestured to him not to delay.
فَأَوْمَأَ — then he gestured. The fa- is a sequencing 'then', moving to the Prophet's gesture; the completed past verb 'he signalled' carries 'he' within, with the named subject following.
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