Arabic vocabulary
تُلِيَrecite in Arabic
تُلِيَ is how you say “recite” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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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