أُرِيقُI poured

Example sentences

• فَإِنَّيَ إِنْ رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ قُمْتُ كَأَنَّيَ أُرِيقُ الْمَاءَ،

  Whenever I saw anything that made me fear for you, I would stand up as if I were pouring water,

  أُرِيقُ — I poured. A present-tense verb with its 'I' subject built in, naming the pretended act of pouring. It fills out the 'as if I were…' the comparison particle opened.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →