أَبْكَى made cry in Arabic
أَبْكَى is how you say “made cry” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وكم من واعظ مفوه قد أبكى وأثر في الحاضرين تلك الساعة،
And how many eloquent preachers have moved the attendees to tears at that moment,
أَبْكَى he caused to weep
This is a causative verb (Form IV): from the root for 'weeping' it builds 'made [them] weep'. Arabic forms many 'cause to do' verbs just by reshaping the root into this pattern, where English needs a helper like 'made'. The one being made to cry is understood as the audience.
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More example sentences
أَبْكَى الصَّخْرُ الأَصَمُّ بِمَا يَقُصُّ مِنْ وَصْفِ الآخِرَةِ وَأَهْوَالِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
He made even the unresponsive rock weep by what he recounted of the description of the Hereafter and the terrors of the Day of Resurrection.
أَبْكَى caused to weep
A past-tense causative verb, 'made (something) weep', with its 'he' subject built in. The 'cause to' sense lives in the verb's shape, so no helper word is needed; the thing made to weep follows directly.
وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُبْكِيَ أَبْكَى الصَّخْرَ الأَصَمَ
And when he wanted to make people weep, he made even the unresponsive rock weep.
أَبْكَى made someone weep
A past-tense causative verb, 'made (something) weep', with its 'he' subject built in — the payoff of the 'whenever' condition. The 'cause to' force lives in the verb's shape; its object follows directly.