تَمْلِكْto control

Example sentences

• فيما لا يعنيك فإنك إذا تكلمت بالكلمة ملكتك ولم تملكها

  Do not speak about what does not concern you, for when you utter a word, it owns you and you do not own it.

  تَمْلِكْهَا — you control it. Present-form verb, 'you own', in its clipped shape after the past-negation, with 'it' attached as object pointing back to the word. So 'you did not own it'; the jussive clipping is forced by the negation.

  From: The Pilgrim's Conduct →

• فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمْتَ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مَلَكَتْكَ وَلَمْ تَمْلِكْهَا

  For indeed, when you speak a word, it possesses you and you do not possess it.

  تَمْلِكْهَا — you possess it. This present-tense verb has had its ending cut short because the preceding negation particle demands that shortened mood and flips the sense to a flat past 'did not'. A feminine 'it' object hangs off the end, pointing back to the word that was spoken.

  From: Silence and Supplication →