انْتَظَرَwait

Example sentences

• فلبثت والقدح على يدى أنتظر استيقاظهما حتى برق الفجر والصبية يتضاغون عند قدمى فاستيقظا فشربا غبوقهما

  So I waited with the vessel in my hand until dawn broke, and the children were crying at my feet. They then awoke and drank their evening drink.

  أَنْتَظِرُ — waiting. This is a present-tense verb with 'I' inside, set against the past frame to show an ongoing background action, 'waiting'. It runs parallel to the main 'I stayed', filling in what he was doing throughout the pause.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →