جَالِسٌ sitting in Arabic
جَالِسٌ is how you say “sitting” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ جَالِسٌ إِذْ دَقَّ دَاقُ الْبَابِ
While I was sitting with him, there came a knock at the door.
جَالِسٌ sitting
An active participle 'sitting', a verb-like describing word used to state the speaker's ongoing condition. It paints the continuous background state, 'I was sitting', without a separate past-tense verb.
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More example sentences
فَإِذَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَى بِئْرِ أَرِيسِ،
Then when he was sitting by the well of Aris.
جَالِسٌ sitting
A 'doer' adjective (active participle) describing an ongoing state, 'sitting', rather than a past event - it pictures him in the act. Arabic uses this participle form to freeze the scene as a state.