أَطَالَhe prolonged

Example sentences

• فَلَبِثَ عَنْيِ فَأَطَالَ اللُّبْثَ،

  So he stayed away from me and prolonged his absence.

  فَأَطَالَ — and he prolonged. The fa- prefix links this action to the one just before, 'and', on a make-it-long verb, 'he made the staying long', with its 'he' subject built in. This is the causative shape, the doer lengthening the thing rather than merely doing it.

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