يَتَّخِذto take

Example sentences

• فليتخذ الإنسان لنفسه وقاية من الغضب،

  So let a person take for himself a shield against anger,

  لْيَتَّخِذِ — let take. A command-form verb shaped by a 'let him' marker fused to its front, giving a third-person command: let him take. Arabic forms 'let someone do X' by attaching this marker and clipping the verb's ending, where English uses the helper 'let'.

  From: Restraining Anger →