شَتَمَinsulted in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَشَتَمَهُ وَأَغْلَظَ عَلَيْهِ،

  He insulted him and spoke harshly to him.

  وَشَتَمَهُ — and he insulted him. This joins a linking 'and' to a past verb 'insulted' with a 'him' tag as its object — one word for 'and he insulted him'. The 'and' chains the action on, and the suffix supplies the person insulted.

  From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →

• فَإِذَا شَتَمْتَهُ فَلَيَّهِمْ إِلَى فَلَيَلْطِمْنِي

  So if you insult him, let him hurry toward me and strike me.

  شَتَمْتَهُ — you insulted him. Past-tense verb with 'you' (one male) inside it and an attached 'him' as its object. Under the 'if/when', it states the triggering act: your insulting of him.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →

• فَشَتَمَهُ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فَلَطَمَ وَجْهَهُ

  The son insulted his father, so the father stood up to him and struck his face.

  فَشَتَمَهُ — so he insulted him. Consecutive fa- ('and so') on a past-tense verb with 'he' inside and an attached -hu object, 'him'. The fa- sequences the insult onto the prior beat; the object pronoun names who was insulted.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →