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غَبَقَ provide drink in Arabic

غَبَقَ is how you say “provide drink” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

قال رجل منهم اللهم كان لي أبوان شيخان كبيران، وكنت لا أغبق قبلهما أهلاً ولا مالاً

One of them said: 'O Allah, I had elderly parents, and I never provided drink to my family or wealth before them.'

أَغْبِقُ provided drink

This is a present-tense verb with its 'I' inside the ending, held under the 'used to' frame so it reads as a repeated past habit rather than a present act. Its specific sense is serving an evening drink, the custom the speaker says he never broke.

From Three Men Saved by Sincerity

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More example sentences

فنأى بى طلب الشجر يوماً فلم أرح عليهما حتى ناما فحلبت لهما غبوقهما فوجدتهما نائمين فكرهت أن أوقظهما وأن أغبق قبلهما أهلاً أو مالاً،

One day, I was delayed by seeking wood and did not return to them until they had fallen asleep. I milked their evening drink for them, but I found them asleep and disliked to wake them or to serve my family or wealth before them.

أَغْبِقَ serve

This is a present-tense verb held in the subjunctive by the 'to' particle that governs it, with 'I' in the ending. The mood frames serving the evening drink as the second named act he was unwilling to do before his parents.

From Three Men Saved by Sincerity

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