Arabic vocabulary
تَمْلِكُyou possess in Arabic
تَمْلِكُ is how you say “you possess” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
قَالَ عَيْنَيْكَ أَفْقِئْهُمَا أَوْ جَمِيعَ مَا تَمْلِكُ
He said, "Gouge out your two eyes, or everything you own."
تَمْلِكُ — you possess. A present-tense verb with the 'you' (singular) subject built into its prefix, 'you own'. No separate 'you' is written; the prefix names the addressee. It completes the relative clause, telling what the 'all' refers to.
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