بَدَتْwere visible

Example sentences

• قَدْ بَدَتْ خَلاَخِلُهُنَّ وَأَسْوَاقُهُنَّ رَافِعَاتٍ ثِيَابَهُنَّ،

  Indeed, their anklets were plainly visible, and their sashes were raised, lifting their garments,

  بَدَتْ — were visible. A past verb whose '-at' ending agrees with a feminine subject, here meaning 'became visible'. Placed before its subject in the usual verb-first order, it reports the completed appearing.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• فَجَعَلَ يَضْحَكُ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَواجِذُهُ

  Then he began to laugh until his molars showed.

  بَدَتْ — it appeared. This is a past-tense verb, 'appeared', carrying a feminine singular ending, whose named subject comes right after. Arabic often uses a feminine singular verb form before a non-human plural subject, which is exactly what follows. Its placement before its subject is the usual verb-first order.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →