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مَرَّتْ then it passed in Arabic

مَرَّتْ is how you say “then it passed” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَمَرَّتْ كَتِيبَةٌ قَالَ يَا عَبَّاسُ مَنْ هَذِهِ

Then a detachment passed by. He said, "O Abbas, who are these?"

فَمَرَّتْ then it passed

The prefix fa- ('then') on a past verb 'passed', whose '-at' ending marks a feminine subject, agreeing with the feminine 'detachment' that follows. The fa- moves the narration to the next group filing by.

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More example sentences

ثُمَّ مَرَّتْ جُهَيْنَةُ،

Then Juhayna passed by.

مَرَّتْ she passed

A past-tense verb 'passed', whose '-at' ending marks a feminine subject, agreeing with the feminine tribe-name that follows. The doer is then named, in the regular verb-then-subject order.

From Conquest of Mecca Account

ثُمَّ مَرَّتْ سَعْدُ بْنُ هُذَيْمٍ،

Then Sa'd ibn Hudhaym passed by.

مَرَّتْ passed by

A past-tense verb 'passed' carrying the feminine '-at' ending. Here the named group is grammatically treated as feminine (as tribes often are), which is why the verb takes that feminine marker even before a man's name appears.

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