آثَرَ to prefer in Arabic
آثَرَ is how you say “to prefer” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
هناك، في المسافة الخفية، تُعرَض عليك اختياراتك الأولى أن تستجيب لوطأة العادة، أو أن تؤثر ما يرفعك درجةً في البصيرة
There, in the hidden distance, your first choices are presented to you: to respond to the pressure of habit, or to prefer what elevates you a degree in insight.
تُؤْثِرَ to prefer
Present-tense verb 'tu'thir' = 'you prefer'; 'you' is built in; the '-a' ending follows 'an'.
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More example sentences
زاحمت كبار العلماء قالوا تاالله لقد آثرك،
I competed with the great scholars, and they said, 'By Allah, you have been chosen!'
آثَرَكَ has preferred you
A past-tense verb whose attached -ka is its object, 'you'. The doer 'he' is carried inside the verb form, so a single word packs 'he preferred you'. Arabic regularly fastens the object pronoun to the back of the verb instead of using a separate word.