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استحوذ

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Arabic

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Root
ح و ذ (ḥ w ḏ)
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِسْتَحْوَذَ (istaḥwaḏa) X (non-past يَسْتَحْوِذُ (yastaḥwiḏu), verbal noun اِسْتِحْوَاذ (istiḥwāḏ))

  1. to capture, to occupy, to grip, to grab, to get dibs, to appropriate, to hijack, to seize, to take hold, to take possession [with عَلَى (ʕalā)]
  2. (said of a company) to acquire, to buy out, to take over

Conjugation

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