أَتَقَوَّىI strengthen myself

Example sentences

• كُنْتُ أَحَقُّ أَنَا أَنْ أُصِيبَ مِنْ هَذَا اللَّبَنِ شَرْبَةً أَتَقَوَّى بِهَا،

  I was more entitled to take a drink of this milk to strengthen myself.

  أَتَقَوَّى — I strengthen myself. A present-form verb 'strengthen myself', built on a pattern that folds the reflexive 'myself' into the verb, with 'I' built in; it states the purpose of the drink. Arabic carries 'make myself stronger' inside the verb's shape rather than adding 'myself'. The subject is in the ending.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →