يَصْطَلِيis warming himself

Example sentences

• وَمَعِيَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ يَصْطَلِي عَلَى النَّارِ

  With me is a man from among them warming himself by the fire.

  يَصْطَلِي — is warming himself. This is a present-tense verb with 'he' built in, describing the man's ongoing action of warming himself by the fire. Its reflexive shape turns the action back on the doer: he warms himself, not someone else. The present form paints it as in progress at that moment.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →