Arabic vocabulary
اسْتَهْزِئْyou mock in Arabic
اسْتَهْزِئْ is how you say “you mock” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ لَا تَسْتَهْزِئْ بِي
He said, "O Abdullah, do not mock me."
تَسْتَهْزِئْ — you mock. A present-tense verb pushed into its shortened (jussive) mood by the prohibition before it, its 'you' subject shown by the prefix. The clipped ending is the grammatical mark of a command not to do something; the preposition after it gives the target.
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