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استمات

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Arabic

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Root
م و ت (m w t)
14 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِسْتَمَاتَ (istamāta) X (non-past يَسْتَمِيتُ (yastamītu), verbal noun اِسْتِمَاتَة (istimāta))

  1. to sacrifice oneself, to risk one's life [with فِي () ‘for something’]
    Synonym: اِسْتَقْتَلَ (istaqtala)
  2. to fight desperately, to make desperate efforts [with فِي () ‘for something’]
  3. to fight to the death [with فِي () ‘for something’]
  4. to seek death, to want to die
  5. to become worn out (of a garment)
  6. to persist, to get carried away, to go to extremes [with لِ (li) ‘in some matter’]
  7. to lose its strength (of an object)

Conjugation

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