يَفْrepay

Example sentences

• أَنَّهُ مَهْمَا بَالَغَ فِي بِرِّهِمَا لَمْ يَفْ بِشُكْرِهِمَا

  However much he went to great lengths to be dutiful to them, he did not repay them with thanks.

  يَفْ — repay. This verb is a hollowed, clipped form because the past-negation particle before it forces the jussive, trimming its tail down to a bare stub. That shrunken shape is the visible grip of the 'did not' particle. Together they deny that he ever fully repaid, the point the concession was building toward.

  From: Honoring Parents →