مُتَصَنِّعputting on a show

Example sentences

• وَالْوَاعِظُ مُتَصَنِّعٌ بِوَعْظِهِ،

  And the preacher puts on a show in his preaching.

  مُتَصَنِّعٌ — putting on a show. An active participle, a noun-like form built from a verb to name 'one who is doing X', here 'one putting on a show'. It serves as the description pinned onto the preacher: Arabic states 'the preacher (is) showy' by simply placing this descriptor after him, with no separate 'is' needed.

  From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →