Arabic vocabulary

وقفَstand in Arabic

وقفَ is how you say “stand” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فاحتاج الأئمة إلى أن يضعوا آدابًا وأحكامًا يقف المتناظران عند حدودها في الرد والقبول،
the scholars needed to establish etiquette and rules that debaters must adhere to in rejection and acceptance,
يَقِفَ — they two adhere to. Present 'halts, stops', describing the rules — 'rules at which [the two] halt'. Arabic keeps the verb singular when it precedes its subject, so the duality shows only on the noun that follows.
From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →

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