Arabic vocabulary

إِلْتَفَتَturned toward in Arabic

إِلْتَفَتَ is how you say “turned toward” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فَإِنْ إِلْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ أَطْمَعَهُ فِي نَفْسِهِ،
If he turned to it, it made him covet his self.
إِلْتَفَتَ — turned toward. A derived (form VIII) completed-action verb 'he turned (his attention)', with its 'he' subject inside, serving as the condition's verb after 'if'. Although built on the past pattern, in a conditional it reads as a general 'whenever/if he turns'. Its target is given by the preposition next.
From: Choosing Good Companions →

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