Arabic vocabulary
قَهَرَ is how you say “overpowered” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فَقَهَرَهُ، وَمَنَعَهُ عَنِ الْوُصُولِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ،
Then he overpowered him and prevented him from reaching the mosque.
فَقَهَرَهُ — then he overpowered him. The fa- here is narrative sequence, 'and so', moving the story on to the outcome. The verb is a completed-action 'he overpowered' carrying the object -hu ('him') on the end, so subject and object both ride in one word. The connector marks the result of the grappling.
From: Choosing Good Companions →OpenArabic teaches words like قَهَرَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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