Arabic vocabulary
تُلِيَrecite
How to say “recite” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
كلما تليت فضائله علا عَلَيْهِم الصغار
Whenever his virtues are recited, humiliation rises upon them.
تُلِيَتْ — are recited. A passive verb — the inner vowels make it 'were recited', with the feminine '-at' agreeing with 'his virtues' and no reciter named. Arabic marks this passive by the vowel pattern inside the verb.
From: Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam →
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