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استند

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See also: أستند

Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
س ن د (s n d)
10 terms

Compare سَنَدَ (sanada, to lean on).

Verb

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اِسْتَنَدَ (istanada) VIII (non-past يَسْتَنِدُ (yastanidu), verbal noun اِسْتِنَاد (istinād))

  1. to lean [with إِلَى (ʔilā) or عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘on something’]
  2. to support one's weight [with إِلَى (ʔilā) or عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘on something’]
  3. to be based [with إِلَى (ʔilā) or عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘on something’]
  4. to rely on, to trust [with إِلَى (ʔilā) or عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone/something’]
  5. (law) to rest one's case, to rely as evidence [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘on something’]

Conjugation

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References

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