سرقsteal

Example sentences

• فأيُّ شيء يسرق منه،

  So what could he steal from it,

  يَسْرِقُ — he steal. A present-tense verb 'steals', subject 'he' (the thief) inside, the act being questioned. Set in a rhetorical question it really means there is nothing he could steal.

  From: Repelling the Devil →

• وإن أراد سرقة شيء منه، فماذا يسرق؟،

  And if he wanted to steal something from it, what could he steal?!

  يَسْرِقُ — he steals. A present-tense verb 'steals', subject 'he' inside, the act questioned. The whole answer-clause means there is nothing for him to take.

  From: Repelling the Devil →