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تَكَلَّمْ speak in Arabic

تَكَلَّمْ is how you say “speak” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ فِي الْمَهْدِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ عِيسَى،

No one spoke in the cradle except three, Jesus,

يَتَكَلَّمْ speak

A present-form verb forced into the clipped jussive shape by the negation-particle before it, reading as a past 'spoke'. The trimmed ending is the visible sign of that particle's grip; together they mean 'did not speak'.

From Those Who Spoke in the Cradle

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