كََلَّمَتْهُspoke to him

Example sentences

• فَتَعَرَّضَتْ لَهُ اِمْرَأَةٌ وَكََلَّمَتْهُ فَأَبَى،

  Then a woman approached him and spoke to him, then he refused.

  وَكََلَّمَتْهُ — and spoke to him. Here wa- chains a second action onto the woman's approach -- she came AND spoke -- and the '-hu' on the tail is the one spoken to. The verb's doubled middle marks the deliberate 'address/speak-to' pattern, and its '-at' keeps the doer feminine.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →