يَرْعَىtending in Arabic

Example sentences

• كَالرَّاعِي يرْعَى حول الْحمى يُوشك أَن يَقع فِيهِ

  Like a shepherd grazing around a sanctuary, he is likely to fall into it.

  يَرْعَى — he grazes. Present-tense verb, 'he grazes', carrying its own 'he'. It describes ongoing habitual action and opens a small descriptive clause about the shepherd; no separate subject word is needed.

  From: Patience in Hard Times →

• وَيَرْعَى عَلَيْهِمَا عَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ مَوْلَى أَبِيِ بَكْرٍ مِنْحَةً مِنْ غَنَمٍ،

  And Amir ibn Fuhayrah, the freedman of Abu Bakr, tends them with a gift of sheep.

  وَيَرْعَى — and tends. The wa- starts a new linked clause introducing a fresh character, and the verb behind it is a present 'he tends' with the single-male subject built in. The wa- here joins whole statements, not just two nouns.

  From: The Secret Migration →