استحمى

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Egyptian Arabic

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Root
ح م ي
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Pronunciation

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Verb

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استحمّى (istaḥamma) X (non-past يستحمّى (yistaḥamma))

  1. (intransitive) to bathe, to have a bath
  2. (intransitive, euphemistic) to have sexual intercourse
  3. (intransitive) to bathe, to go for a swim

References

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  • Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “استحمّى”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 227
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895) “حمى”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 153
  • El Dik, Dina, Iskander, Emad (2021) Yalla! Let's Learn Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Verbs, Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page XII

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ح م ي
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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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اَسْتَحَمَّى (astaḥamma) X (non-past يِسْتحمَّى (yistaḥamma))

  1. (intransitive) to take a shower, to shower
    Synonyms: اَتْرَوَّش (atrawwaš), اتْحَمَّم (atḥammam)