غِبْتُI withdrew in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَغِبْتُ عَنْهُ بِحَيْثُ أَسْمَعُ حَسَّهُ وَلَا أَرَى شَخْصَهُ

  I withdrew from him so that I could hear his sound, but I could not see his person.

  وَغِبْتُ — and I withdrew. The fused wa- is 'and', opening a new statement, on a past-tense verb with the -tu 'I' built in, 'I absented myself'. The wa- here simply joins this withdrawal onto what went before. The verb sets up the result-clause that follows, describing the distance he kept.

  From: A Night of Reckoning →

• وَإِذَا غِبْتُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

  If I was absent from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him

  غِبْتُ — I was absent. A past verb 'I was absent' with '-tu' for the 'I' subject; under the condition-word it reads as a repeated case. The doer is folded into the verb.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →