أُحْرِقَتْwere burned

Example sentences

• وَأُحْرِقَتْ كُتُبُهُ،

  And his books were burned,

  وَأُحْرِقَتْ — and were burned. This joins a linking 'and' to a passive past verb 'were burned' — the books receive the burning; an unnamed agent does it. Arabic marks the passive by reshaping the verb's internal vowels rather than adding 'were', and the verb takes a feminine ending agreeing with its non-human plural subject.

  From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →

• وَأُحْرِقَتْ كُتُبِي بِمَشْوَرَتِهِ

  And my books were burned by his instigation.

  وَأُحْرِقَتْ — and were burned. This joins a linking 'and' to a passive past verb 'were burned' — the books receive the burning; an unnamed agent does it. Arabic marks the passive by internal vowel changes, and the verb takes a feminine ending agreeing with its non-human plural subject.

  From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →