Arabic vocabulary

يَضْعُفُhe weakens in Arabic

يَضْعُفُ is how you say “he weakens” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وَلَكِنَّهُ إِذَا أَحَسَّ بِهِ اِلتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ فَيَضْعُفُ سَعْيُهُ،
But when he senses him, he turns toward him, and his running weakens.
فَيَضْعُفُ — so he weakens. The fa- here is the result marker, 'and so', drawing the consequence of the turning: the running weakens. The verb it carries is a present-tense 'it weakens', with its subject named next. So the connector links the gazelle's fatal glance to its slowing down.
From: Choosing Good Companions →

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