Passive of hollow verbs

QuestionAnswer
cave
كهفkahf
monster
وحشwahsh
It is said that there is a cave in which a monster lived.
يقال إن هناك كهفا عاش فيه وحش.yuqâlu inna hunâka kahfan aasha fîhi wahshun
to hunt
صادsâda
to pass down
تناقلtanâqala
myth
خرافةkhurâfah
This monster was hunted when people passed down a strange myth.
صيد هذا الوحش عندما تناقل الناس خرافة غريبة.sida hâdha al-wahshu indama tanâqala an-nâsu khurâfatan gharîbatan.
brave
شجاعshujâ'
It was said that a brave man entered the cave.
قيل إن رجلا شجاعا دخل الكهف.qîla inna rajulan shujâ'an dakhala al-kahfa.
to betray
خانkhâna
curse
لعنةla'na
When the brave man was betrayed, a curse began in the village.
لما خين الرجل الشجاع، بدأت لعنة في القرية.lammâ khîna ar-rajulu ash-shujâ'u, bada'at la'natun fî al-qaryati.
well
بئرbi'r
Therefore, the well's curse is feared.
لذلك يخاف من لعنة البئر.lithâlika yukhâfu min la'nati-l-bi'r.
heritage
تراثturâth
People passed down the heritage, and it is said that it is a truth.
تناقل الناس التراث، ويقال إنه حقيقة.tanâqala an-nâsu at-turâtha, wa-yuqâlu innahu haqîqatun
The brave monster is not hunted in this myth.
لا يصاد الوحش الشجاع في هذه الخرافة.lâ yusâdu l-wahshu sh-shujâ'u fî hâdhihi l-khurâfah
The friend is betrayed at the well.
يخان الصديق عند البئر.yukhânu as-sadîqu 'inda l-bi'ri.
The dark well was visited, and therefore it is always visited.
زيرت البئر المظلمة، ولذلك تزار دائما.ziiratil bi'rul muzhlimah, wa lithâlika tuzâru dâ'iman.
The well's water was sold, and it is sold until now.
بيع ماء البئر، وهو يباع حتى الآن.bee'a mâ'u l-bi'ri, wa huwa yubâ'u hattâ l-âna
The brave man was blamed because he forgot the heritage.
ليم الرجل الشجاع لأنه نسي التراث.liima ar-rajulu ash-shujâ'u li'annahu nasiya at-turâtha
People are blamed when the heritage disappears.
يلام الناس عندما يختفي التراث.yulâmu n-nâsu ʻindamâ yakhtafî t-turâthu

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