استحى/ استحى من يستحي، اسْتَحِ، استحياءً، فهو مُسْتحٍ، والمفعول مُسْتَحًى
Root: ح ي يSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
استحى فلانٌ فلانًا/ استحى فلانٌ من فلان
خجل منه
🇬🇧 Translation:
to feel shy of someone, to be ashamed before someone
استحى الأسيرَ
تركه حيًّا فلم يقتله.
🇬🇧 Translation:
to spare a prisoner's life, leaving him alive rather than killing him.
Example / Citation:
- " إِذَا لَمْ تَسْتَحِ فَافْعَلْ مَا شِئْتَ [حديث]
- {وَاللهُ لَا يَسْتَحِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ} [ق]
- {فَجَاءَتْهُ إِحْدَاهُمَا تَمْشِي عَلَى اسْتِحْيَاءٍ} "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- "If you feel no shame, then do as you please [Hadith]
- And Allah is not shy of the truth [Quran]
- Then one of the two women came to him walking with shyness [Quran]"
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