غَلَبَتْ overwhelm in Arabic
غَلَبَتْ is how you say “overwhelm” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
اختار آدم فغلبت القلوب بالحسد،
He chose Adam, and hearts were overwhelmed with envy.
غَلَبَتِ were overwhelmed
A past-tense verb with a built-in feminine-singular 'it/she' subject, its feminine ending agreeing with the non-human plural that follows, which Arabic treats as feminine singular for agreement. It reports the completed overwhelming, with the real subject named after the verb.
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More example sentences
وَهَؤُلاءِ هُمْ الَّذِينَ غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ شَقْوَتُهُمْ
And these are the people whose misery overcame them.
غَلَبَتْ overcame
A past-tense verb in the feminine singular, and it sits before its subject as Arabic often arranges it. Its feminine ending agrees with the feminine 'misery' that follows, so the verb is shaped by a subject that has not yet appeared.