ثَارَto rage

Example sentences

• غير أَن زَوْبَعَة الْهوى إِذا ثارت

  Except that when the storm of desire rages,

  ثَارَتْ — she rages. A past-tense verb 'rose up / raged' with the feminine '-at' tail agreeing with 'the storm' — 'when it flares up'. The condition's act.

  From: Overcoming Desire →

• فكيف رأيت ماشيهم قد وقع ولم يثر،

  So how did you see their livestock — it fell and did not rise,

  يَثِرْ — it rises. A present-form verb with a built-in 'it' subject, forced by the negator before it into the clipped jussive ending, which is why its final sound is cut short. That trimmed shape marks a denied past event, here the thing's failure to get back up.

  From: Rain and God's Decree →

• فَثَارَ اِبْنُ صَيَّادٍ

  Then Ibn Sayyad became angry.

  فَثَارَ — then became angry. A past-tense verb describing a sudden flare of anger, with its 'he' subject built in and fronted by fa-. The fa- marks this as the reaction triggered by what was just said, threading cause and response together.

  From: A Night with the Companions →