Arabic vocabulary
رُويَwas narrated in Arabic
رُويَ is how you say “was narrated” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
مثل ما روي عن أبي حمزة الصوفي أنه وقع في بئر فجاء رجلان فَطمّاها،
Like the story narrated about Abu Hamza al-Sufi, who fell into a well, and then two men came and filled it up.
رُوِيَ — was narrated. This is the passive form: the story is the thing narrated, with the narrator unnamed. Arabic marks the passive by reshaping the verb's inner vowels rather than by adding a helper word.
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