Arabic vocabulary

أَسْنَدَto rest in Arabic

أَسْنَدَ is how you say “to rest” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فَأَسْنَدَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ إلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ، وَوَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ، وَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ الْإِسْلَامِ
He rested his knees against his knees and placed his hands on his thighs, and said: 'O Muhammad, tell me about Islam.'
فَأَسْنَدَ — he rested. A fa- meaning 'then / so' fused to a past-tense verb 'rested / propped', moving the narrative to the man's action. Its 'he' subject is understood from the preceding clause: the stranger.
From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →

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