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استيئس

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Arabic

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Verb

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اِسْتَيْئَسَ (istayʔasa) X (non-past يَسْتَيْئِسُ (yastayʔisu), verbal noun اِسْتِيئَاس (istīʔās))

  1. to give up hope, to despair, to be hopeless
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:80:
      فَلَمَّا ٱسۡتَیۡـَٔسُوا۟ مِنۡهُ خَلَصُوا۟ نَجِیࣰّا
      fa-lammā stayʔasū minhu ḵalaṣū najiyyan
      When they lost all hope in him, they spoke privately.

Conjugation

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