Arabic vocabulary
قُتِلُواthey were killed
How to say “they were killed” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
أَمَّا هَؤُلاَءِ فَقَدْ قُتِلُوا
As for these, they were killed.
قُتِلُوا — they were killed. A passive verb with a plural 'they' ending: its inner vowels are reshaped so the men received the killing rather than did it, and no killer is named. Arabic marks the passive inside the verb's vowels, not with a helper like 'were', keeping the agent hidden.
From: A Companion at Battle →
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