Arabic - English Dictionary اسْتَحْيا/ اسْتَحْيا من يَستحْيِي، اسْتَحْي، استحياءً، فهو مُسْتحٍ، والمفعول مُسْتحيًى
Root: ح ي يSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
استحيا فلانٌ فلانًا/ استحيا فلانٌ من فلان
استحاه؛ خجل منه
🇬🇧 Translation:
to feel shy of someone, to be ashamed of someone
استحيا الأسيرَ
استحاه؛ ترَكَه حيًّا فلم يقتله
🇬🇧 Translation:
to spare a captive, leaving him alive without killing him
Example / Citation:
- " إِذَا لَمْ تَسْتَحْيِ فَافْعَلْ مَا شِئْتَ [حديث]
- {إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَضْرِبَ مَثَلاً مَا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا}
- {فَجَاءَتْهُ إِحْدَاهُمَا تَمْشِي عَلَى اسْتِحْيَاءٍ} "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- "If you feel no shame, then do as you please [Hadith]
- Indeed, Allah is not shy to present an example of a mosquito or what is smaller than it [Quran]
- Then one of the two women came to him walking with shyness [Quran]"