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تَلا
to recite /taˈlaː/
verbB2#3856 most common
Also: to follow, to come after, to read aloud (scripture)
Example sentences
تَلا الرجلُ آيةً من القرآن.
The man recited a verse from the Quran.
تَتْلو الفتاةُ الدرسَ كلَّ صباحٍ.
The girl recites the lesson every morning.
الفصلُ الثاني يتلو الفصلَ الأولَ في الكتاب.
The second chapter follows the first chapter in the book.
تلا الإمامُ سورةَ الفاتحةِ بصوتٍ خاشعٍ في صلاة الجمعة.
The imam recited Surat al-Fatiha in a humble voice during Friday prayer.
تلا الرئيسُ خطابَه المرتجلَ أمام حشدٍ من الصحفيين المتحفزين.
The president delivered his improvised speech before a crowd of eager journalists.
تلت الأزماتُ الاقتصاديةُ بعضَها بعضاً دون هوادةٍ، تاركةً الاقتصادَ الوطنيَّ في حالةٍ من الانهيار.
The economic crises followed one another relentlessly, leaving the national economy in a state of collapse.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أتلو | تَلَوْتُ | سأتلو |
| 2sg | تتلو | تَلَوْتَ | ستتلو |
| 3sg | يتلو | تَلا | سيتلو |
| 1pl | نتلو | تَلَوْنا | سنتلو |
| 2pl | تتلون | تَلَوْتُم | ستتلون |
| 3pl | يتلون | تَلَوْا | سيتلون |
Word family
تِلاوةrecitation, especially of the Quran
تاليfollowing, next
مُتَتَالٍconsecutive, successive
يَتْلُوhe recites, he follows (present tense)
Etymology
تَلا comes from the Semitic root ت-ل-و (t-l-w), whose core sense is to follow or to come after. In Arabic this widened from physical or temporal following to the act of reading a text aloud, verse by verse, in sequence, as in Quranic recitation. The verbal noun تلاوة still means specifically recitation, especially of scripture. Arabic is a Semitic language, not an Indo-European one, so no PIE root applies here.
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