نَشْكُوwe complain

Example sentences

• نَشْكُو إِلَى اللَّهِ صُحْبَتَكُمْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ

  We complain to God about your companionship, Messenger of God.

  نَشْكُو — we complain. A present-tense verb, 'we complain', with the 'we' subject in its prefix; the final long vowel marks the plural. No separate 'we' is written. It opens the address to the Messenger that follows.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →

• فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ وَنَحْنُ نَشْكُو إِلَى اللَّهِ

  So Hudhayfah said, while we were complaining to God.

  نَشْكُو — complain. A present-tense verb, 'complain', with the 'we' subject in its prefix; the long final vowel marks the plural. Inside the 'while we' side-clause it describes the ongoing backdrop. The 'we' doer is carried inside the verb.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →