Arabic vocabulary

نَصَبَstood firm in Arabic

نَصَبَ is how you say “stood firm” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

نصبوا إذا إنتصبوا فنصبت لهم السرر،
They stood firm when they arose, so couches were raised for them,
نَصَبُوا — they stood firm. A past-tense verb with a built-in masculine-plural 'they' subject; the doers are carried inside the verb. It reports a completed standing firm, the plural ending marking the human group acting in the line.
From: Rain and God's Decree →
وكلما نصب إبليس لي شركًا خرقت ذلك الشرك،
Every time Satan set a trap for me, I destroyed that trap.
نَصَبَ — he set. A past-tense verb placed before its named subject, 'Satan'. Verb-then-doer is the default Arabic order, and the singular masculine form agrees with that single following subject.
From: Victory Belongs to God →

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