No. 3,392 in Arabic

قيل

"قيل" means "it was said" or "it is said."

In a sentence

قيل إن الطقس غداً سيكون مشمساً.
It was said that the weather tomorrow will be sunny.
In this context, 'قيل' is used as the passive form of the verb 'قال', translating to 'it was said', to convey a general impersonal statement.
على مسيرة القافلة، قيلت قصص الأبطال.
During the caravan's journey, hero stories were told.
Here, 'قيلت' (feminine singular) refers to a specific occurrence where stories (قصص) were told, emphasizing the passive voice conjugated to match the noun's gender and number.
قيل لي أنك تعرف الجواب.
I was told that you know the answer.
In this usage, 'قيل' is used to indicate a direct message received from someone unspecified, utilizing the passive form along with the indirect object pronoun 'لي' to show to whom the statement was directed.

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