أُجِّجَتْwas kindled

Example sentences

• قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ نَارٌ أُجِّجَتْ،

  He said, "Have you considered if a fire were kindled?"

  أُجِّجَتْ — was kindled. This is the passive form of the verb: the fire receives the action of being kindled, it does not kindle itself, and no kindler is named. Arabic marks the passive by changing the inner vowels rather than adding a helper word, which is why it looks close to its active twin but flips the role. The -t ending also agrees with the feminine 'fire' as the thing acted upon.

  From: A Mother's Forgiveness →