مَرَّpassed

Example sentences

• فَمَرَّ بِهَا رَجُلٌ رَاكِبٌ ذُو شَارَةٍ،

  Then a mounted man with a mark passed by her.

  فَمَرَّ — then passed. The fa- moves the story to a passer-by -- 'then a man passed' -- the verb carrying its 'he' subject and a doubled root for 'pass by'. The fa- keeps the new scene flowing on from the nursing.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →

• وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمُرُّ كَالرِّيحِ،

  And among them are those who pass like the wind.

  يَمُرُّ — pass. A present-tense verb ('pass') with the subject built in, read as a recurring type. Though singular in form it covers the whole group described. No separate subject pronoun appears, since the verb carries it.

  From: The Bridge to Paradise →