استنار

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Arabic

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Root
ن و ر (n w r)
15 terms

Verb

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اِسْتَنَارَ (istanāra) X (non-past يَسْتَنِيرُ (yastanīru), verbal noun اِسْتِنَارَة (istināra))

  1. to receive light, to be lit, to be illuminated
  2. to provide light [with فِي () ‘in a location’ and بِ (bi) ‘with a light source’]
  3. to seek enlightenment, to seek insight
  4. to obtain enlightenment, to gain insight [with بِ (bi) ‘from something’]
  5. (transitive) to enlighten, to provide enlightenment to (someone)
  6. to seek an explanation
  7. to receive information, to get an explanation
  8. to prevail over, to overcome [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’]

Conjugation

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