اسْتَنْشَقَinhale

Example sentences

• لَو استنشقت ريح الأسحار لأفاق مِنْك قَلْبك المخمور

  If you inhaled the dawn breeze, your intoxicated heart would awaken.

  اسْتَنْشَقْتَ — you inhaled. A past-tense (form X) verb 'breathed in / drew in the scent' with the '-ta' (you) ending. Under 'law', 'were you to breathe in'.

  From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →

• حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَوْا مِنْهَا وَاسْتَنْشَقُوا رَائِحَتَهَا وَنَظَرُوا إِلَى قُصُورِهَا وَإِلَى مَا أَعَدَّ اللهُ لِأَهْلِهَا فِيهَا،

  until they come close to it, inhale its fragrance, and see its palaces and what Allah has prepared for its inhabitants in it,

  وَاسْتَنْشَقُوا — and inhale. The connector 'and' joined to a past-tense verb, 'they breathed in', with a plural 'they' subject built into its ending. The verb's inner shape carries a 'sought out the scent' sense.

  From: Turned Away at the Gate →