Arabic vocabulary
دَاهَمَovertake
How to say “overtake” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
إذا داهمك خاطرٌ يجرّك إلى رياءٍ أو عُجب، اسأله بهدوء هل يزيدني قربًا أم يصنع لي تمثالًا من دخان
If a thought comes to you that leads you to vanity or conceit, ask it calmly: does it bring me closer, or does it create a statue of smoke?
دَاهَمَكَ — suddenly comes upon you. Past-tense verb 'dahama' = 'it came suddenly, took by surprise'; '-ka' = 'you', so 'took you by surprise'.
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