تَوَضَّأَ performed ablution in Arabic
تَوَضَّأَ is how you say “performed ablution” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
أَبُو مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيُّ، أَنَّهُ تَوَضَّأَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ،
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported that he performed ablution in his house, then he went out.
تَوَضَّأَ performed ablution
A past verb of the reflexive pattern (an action done to oneself), here 'he performed his own ablution'. The shape of the verb itself signals the do-it-to-yourself sense, with a built-in 'he'.
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فَتَوَضَّأَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ،
Then he performed ablution, and then I rose to him.
فَتَوَضَّأَ then he performed ablution
The fa- ('then') chains this to the prior action; the verb is the reflexive-pattern past 'he performed ablution on himself', its shape signalling the action is done to oneself. A built-in 'he' is the doer.
فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى ثُمَّ أَتَى الْغُلَامَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَبُوكَ يَا غُلَامُ
He performed ablution and prayed, then he went to the boy and said, "Who is your father, O boy?"
فَتَوَضَّأَ so he performed ablution
The fa- restarts the storyline with Jurayj's own response -- 'so he performed ablution' -- the verb carrying its 'he' subject inside. Its reflexive shape means he did the washing to/for himself.