Arabic vocabulary
قَاوَمَresisted in Arabic
قَاوَمَ is how you say “resisted” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَقَاوَمَ الْهَوَى
And it resisted desires.
وَقَاوَمَ — and it resisted. 'wa-' = 'and'; past-tense verb, subject 'it' built in.
From: Intellect and Faith →فقاوم الشهوة مقاومة الفطن لا الغبي،
He resisted desire with the wisdom of the intelligent, not the ignorant.
فَقَاوَمَ — so he resisted. The prefix fa- opens the consequence, and the past-tense verb carries its doer 'he' inside. The verb pattern is the kind built for mutual struggle, giving 'he resisted / fought against', so it reaches its object directly without a separate word for 'against'.
From: The Story of Prophet Joseph →
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