يَضْعُفُhe weakens

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 →