Arabic vocabulary
يَتَأَخَّرَto delay
How to say “to delay” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأَنْ لَا يَتَأَخَّرَ
Then the Prophet gestured to him not to delay.
يَتَأَخَّرَ — to delay. A present-tense verb governed by the negation and the subordinator before it; together they form 'not to delay/step back'. The 'he' subject is built into the verb's shape.
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