أَبَى refuse in Arabic
أَبَى is how you say “refuse” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
دعِي إِلَى الْإِسْلَام فَمَا تلعثم وَلَا أَبى
He was called to Islam and he did not hesitate nor refuse.
أَبَى refuse
A past-tense verb 'refused / balked', subject 'he' inside, weak final root — 'nor did he refuse'. He neither faltered nor declined.
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More example sentences
فَتَعَرَّضَتْ لَهُ اِمْرَأَةٌ وَكََلَّمَتْهُ فَأَبَى،
Then a woman approached him and spoke to him, then he refused.
فَأَبَى then he refused
The fa- delivers the result that follows her speaking -- 'so he refused'. It frames this as the immediate upshot of the previous action rather than just the next item in a list, and the verb carries its own 'he' subject.