Arabic vocabulary
يَخْتِلُhe was strutting in Arabic
يَخْتِلُ is how you say “he was strutting” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
الَّتِي فِيهَا إِبْنُ صَيَّادٍ وَهُوَ يَخْتِلُ
in which Ibn Sayyad was present and he was strutting.
يَخْتِلُ — was strutting. A present-tense verb carrying its 'he' subject inside the form. Sitting after the 'while he' opener, it supplies the ongoing action of that side-description, picturing what the person was doing at the same time as the main event.
From: A Night with the Companions →
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