أشهد

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ه د (š h d)
11 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

أَشْهَدَ (ʔašhada) IV (non-past يُشْهِدُ (yušhidu), verbal noun إِشْهَاد (ʔišhād))

  1. to call a witness
  2. (in passive) to die as a martyr/a shahid
    أُشْهِدَʔušhida(he) died a shahid; he was martyred
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ش ه د”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

أشهد (form I)

  1. أَشْهَدُ (ʔašhadu) /ʔaʃ.ha.du/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of شَهِدَ (šahida)
  2. أُشْهَدُ (ʔušhadu) /ʔuʃ.ha.du/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of شَهِدَ (šahida)
  3. أَشْهَدَ (ʔašhada) /ʔaʃ.ha.da/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of شَهِدَ (šahida)
  4. أُشْهَدَ (ʔušhada) /ʔuʃ.ha.da/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of شَهِدَ (šahida)
  5. أَشْهَدْ (ʔašhad) /ʔaʃ.had/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of شَهِدَ (šahida)
  6. أُشْهَدْ (ʔušhad) /ʔuʃ.had/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of شَهِدَ (šahida)