زَلْزَلَshook

Example sentences

• وكم هدم قصرًا مشيدًا وكم زلزل أبياتا،

  And how many fortified castles has He demolished, and how many homes has He shaken,

  زَلْزَلَ — he shook. A past-tense verb on a doubled, four-letter pattern meaning 'shook / convulsed', with its 'he' subject built in. The reduplicated shape conveys a violent quaking, and the verb governs the object that follows, the homes it toppled.

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