استعصى

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Arabic

Root
ع ص ي (ʕ ṣ y)
7 terms

Verb

اِسْتَعْصَى (istaʕṣā) X (non-past يَسْتَعْصِي (yastaʕṣī), verbal noun اِسْتِعْصَاء (istiʕṣāʔ))

  1. to resist, to defy
  2. to rebel, to revolt
  3. to be rebellious, to be recalcitrant
  4. to be difficult
  5. to be malignant, to be incurable (of a disease)
  6. to elude, to escape
  7. to break down, to fail, to malfunction

Conjugation