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احتضن

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Arabic

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Root
ح ض ن (ḥ ḍ n)
9 terms

Etymology

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The figurative meaning is a semantic loan from European languages like English embrace, French embrasser, Spanish abrazar, Portuguese abraçar, Italian abbracciare.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِحْتَضَنَ (iḥtaḍana) VIII (non-past يَحْتَضِنُ (yaḥtaḍinu), verbal noun اِحْتِضَان (iḥtiḍān))

  1. to take into arms, to embrace, to get to hold, to hug, to enfold
  2. to embrace, to enshrine, to integrate
  3. (figurative) to host

Conjugation

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