ضَعُواput

Example sentences

• هُمْ يَنْتَظِرُوْنَكَ قَالَ ضَعُوا لِيَّ مَاءً فِي الْمِخْضَبِ

  They are waiting for you. He said, "Put water for me in the basin."

  ضَعُوا — put (you all). A command verb addressed to a group ('put', you-all), shaped as a plural order. It opens an instruction directed at more than one listener.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• قَالَ ضَعُوا لِيَّ مَاءً فِي الْمِخْضَبِ قَالَتْ فَقَعَدَ فَاغْتَسَلَ،

  He said, "Put water for me in the basin." She said; then he sat down and washed himself.

  ضَعُوا — Put (you plural). A command verb shaped for a plural 'you-all', so the order is aimed at several listeners at once; the plural is carried in the verb's form rather than by a separate word. It opens an instruction and leads into what is to be put.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• هُمْ يَنْتَظِرُونَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ضَعُوا لِي مَاءً فِي الْمِخْضَبِ

  They were waiting for you, O Messenger of Allah, so he said, "Put water for me in the basin."

  ضَعُوا — put. A command verb in its plural shape, addressing several people at once with the number folded into the verb itself rather than spelled out. It opens the instruction and leads into the thing to be put.

  From: Prayer During Illness →