Arabic vocabulary
أَبىrefused
How to say “refused” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
أرسل إليه ملك من ملوك اليونان بقناطير من الذهب حتى يسير إليه فأبى،
A king from among the kings of Greece sent to him loads of gold so that he would come to him, but he refused.
فَأَبى — so he refused. The 'fa-' here marks the turn in the story, and the verb 'refused' carries its own subject 'he', referring to Hippocrates. The connector signals the result that frustrates the king's intent.
From: Moderation in Medicine →
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