Arabic vocabulary
تَقَاعَدَretreats
How to say “retreats” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
لأنه قد دُلّ على طريق السلامة فإذا تقاعد عنها أعان على نفسه،
Because he has been shown the path of safety, so if he turns away from it, he aids in his own harm,
تَقَاعَدَ — he turns away. This past-tense verb has its 'he' subject built in and supplies the condition, 'he hung back'. The completed-action form states the 'if' half here.
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