يقالit is said

Example sentences

• 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.

  From: Creating Life from Nothing →

• 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.

  From: Creating Life from Nothing →