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يَضْطَرُّ was compelled in Arabic

يَضْطَرُّ is how you say “was compelled” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

حَتَّى السُّوَيْعَاتِ الَّتِي يَضْطَرُّ فِيهَا لِاسْتِقْبَالِ زَائِرِيهِ،

Even the brief moments when he was compelled to receive his visitors,

يَضْطَرُّ was compelled

A present-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, inside the relative clause. It is built on a passive-flavoured pattern of being-forced, so he is the one undergoing the compulsion rather than imposing it. In this past narrative the present reads as a recurring 'was compelled'.

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