يَقُلْsay in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَهَا شَيْئًا،

  So he did not say anything to her.

  يَقُلْ — he say. A verb with its 'he' subject built in, sitting in the clipped jussive shape because the past-negator before it governs it; that shortened ending is how Arabic marks a negated past. The two together yield 'he did not say'.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• فَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَهَا شَيْئًا،

  He said nothing to her.

  يَقُلْ — say. A verb with its 'he' subject built in, sitting in the clipped jussive shape because the past-negator before it governs it; that shortened ending is how Arabic marks a negated past. The two together yield 'he did not say'.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• وَإِنْ شَرِبَ لَمْ يَقُلْ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ فَاشْرَبْ مَعَهُ

  And if he drinks without saying the name of God, then drink with him.

  يَقُلْ — he says. A present-tense verb forced into the cut-off (jussive) shape by the 'did not' before it, so together they mean 'he did not say'. The clipped ending is the negator's mark.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →