يُسْرَدُis recounted

Example sentences

• أَضْحَكَ الثَّكَالَى بِمَا يُسْرَدُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِ البُخَلَاءِ وَالْحَمْقَى وَالْمُغْفَلِينَ وَالْمُتَمَاجِنِينَ وَالظُّرَافِ

  He made the bereaved woman laugh with tales recounted about the misers, the fools, the gullible, those who spar, and the witty.

  يُسْرَدُ — is recounted. A passive present-tense verb — its subject receives the action, so the tales 'are recounted' rather than someone recounting them by name. Arabic marks this passive by the internal vowel shape, not by an 'are' helper, which is why it resembles its active twin.

  From: The Preacher's Legacy →