يَعِيشُlives

Example sentences

• لَيْسَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَفِيهِ حَمْقَةٌ فِيهَا يَعِيشُ

  There is no one except that in him is a folly in which he lives.

  يَعِيشُ — he lives. This is a present-tense verb, third-person singular, with a generic 'he' built into its shape standing for anyone. It closes the relative clause: the folly is one 'in which he lives'. The generic subject keeps the saying a universal observation rather than about one man.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →