احتضن

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Arabic

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Root
ح ض ن (ḥ-ḍ-n)

Etymology

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The figurative meaning is a semantic loan from European languages like English embrace, French embrasser, Spanish abrazar, Portuguese abraçar, Italian abbracciare.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِحْتَضَنَ (iḥtaḍana) VIII, non-past يَحْتَضِنُ‎ (yaḥtaḍinu)

  1. to take into arms, to embrace, to get to hold, to hug, to enfold
  2. to embrace, to enshrine, to integrate
  3. to host

Conjugation

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