تُرْضِعُis nursing

Example sentences

• وَكَانَتْ إِمْرَأَةٌ تُرْضِعُ إِبْنًا لَهَا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

  And there was a woman nursing a son of hers from among the Children of Israel,

  تُرْضِعُ — is nursing. A present-shape verb describing what she was doing -- nursing -- set inside the past 'was' frame, so it reads as an ongoing 'was nursing'. The present form supplies the in-progress feel that the past 'to be' anchors in time.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →