زَيَّنَto adorn

Example sentences

• تزينت الْجنَّة للخُطَّاب

  Paradise has adorned itself for the suitors.

  تَزَيَّنَتِ — she has adorned herself. A past-tense reflexive-shape (form V) verb 'decked herself out' with the feminine '-at' agreeing with 'Paradise' — 'has adorned itself'. The reflexive shape: it makes itself beautiful; its vowel shifts to '-i' before the next word.

  From: Overcoming Desire →

• وهي تطلب منه في كل وقت ما تهواه، وتزين له المعاصي، وتصعب عليه الطاعات

  It seeks from him at all times what it desires, embellishes sins for him, and makes acts of worship difficult for him.

  وَتُزَيِّنُ — and embellishes. The wa- adds another action, and the verb means 'it adorns', with 'it' built in. It continues the list of what the self does to the person.

  From: Struggling Against the Self →