مُوَسَّدٌlies buried

Example sentences

• وَهُوَ بَاقٌ وَصَاحِبُهُ مُوَسَّدٌ تَحْتَ التَّرَابِ

  And it endures, while its owner lies buried beneath the earth.

  مُوَسَّدٌ — lies buried. A passive participle — a describing word built on the 'has been done to it' pattern — so its subject undergoes the action rather than performing it; here the owner is the one laid to rest, not the one laying. Arabic marks this passive sense by the internal vowel shape, not by a helper word like English 'is'.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →