رُوِيَّنَاwe have narrated

Example sentences

• وَقَدْ رُوِيَّنَا عَنْ ابْنِ عَائِشَةَ أَحَادِيثًا مِلَاحًا فِي بَعْضِهَا رِفْثٌ،

  And indeed we have narrated from Ibn Aisha hadiths that are witty, and some of them contain obscenity.

  رُوِيَّنَا — we have narrated. This verb is in the passive reporting style with -na fused on as 'us/we', meaning the narration was received rather than freshly performed. Arabic builds the passive by reshaping the verb's inner vowels, not by adding a helper word, which is why it looks close to its active twin.

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