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يقال it is said in Arabic

يقال is how you say “it is said” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

يقال دفقت الماء فهو مدفوق ودافق ومندفق

It is said, "I poured the water," so it is "madfuq," "dafiq," and "mundafiq."

يُقَالُ It is said

This is the passive form of the present-tense verb 'it is said', with no doer named. Arabic marks the passive by reshaping the internal vowels rather than adding 'is'; the impersonal 'one says / it is said' frames the usage example that follows.

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More example sentences

كما يقال ماء جار ورجل ميت وإن لم يفعل الموت بل لما قام به من الموت نسب إليه على جهة الفعل

Just as it is said, 'flowing water' and 'a dead man,' even if he did not cause death but because death occurred in him, he is attributed as the doer of the action.

يُقَالُ it is said

This is the passive form of the present verb 'it is said', no doer named, introducing the examples impersonally. Built by reshaping internal vowels, not by a helper word.

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