يَتَفَاوَتُvaries

Example sentences

• فَلِهَذَا يَتَفَاوَتُ الْحَمَقُ

  Therefore, foolishness varies in degree.

  يَتَفَاوَتُ — varies. This is a present-tense verb in the reciprocal pattern, 'varies among instances', and it leads its clause before the subject appears, the normal Arabic order. Its singular ending matches the singular subject that follows. The reciprocal shape gives the sense of degrees varying relative to one another.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →