Arabic vocabulary
افْتَدِransom in Arabic
افْتَدِ is how you say “ransom” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَإِلَّا فَافْتَدِ مِنْهُ
Otherwise, ransom it from him.
فَافْتَدِ — then ransom. The connector 'fa-' (then) attached to a command form, 'ransom!'. The 'fa-' is the 'then' that answers the preceding 'otherwise', tying the order to its condition. The imperative carries its 'you' inside, so the order needs no separate pronoun.
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