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يَرَ see in Arabic

يَرَ is how you say “see” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

حَتَّى أَقْبَلَتْ كَتِيبَةٌ لَمْ يَرَ مِثْلَهَا،

Until a company arrived unlike any he had ever seen,

يَرَ seen

A verb 'see' that looks present but has been clipped into its jussive shape by the negation before it, and pushed into the past, giving 'he had not seen'. The shortened ending is the visible sign that the negation particle is controlling it.

From Conquest of Mecca Account

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More example sentences

وَمَنْ لَمْ يَرَ الْعَوَاقِبَ، غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَسُّ،

And whoever does not foresee the consequences will be overcome by impulse.

يَرَ foresee

A present-form verb shoved into the shortened jussive shape by the 'did not' before it; the trimmed ending is the visible sign of that particle's grip. Together they mean 'did not foresee', with the 'he' subject built into the verb.

From Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness

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