أضحى

Arabic

Etymology 1

From ضَحَّى‎ (ḍaḥḥā, “sacrifice, immolate”).

Noun

أَضْحَى • (ʾaḍḥā) m (collective, singulative أَضْحَاة‎ (ʾaḍḥāh))

  1. sacrificial animal, victim
Declension

See also

Etymology 2

From ضَحْوَة‎ (ḍaḥwa, “morning”). Sense of "become" resembles other verbs of similar meaning derived from different times of day; compare أَصْبَحَ‎ (ʾaṣbaḥa), بَاتَ‎ (bāta), أَمْسَى‎ (ʾamsā), all meaning "become."

Verb

أَضْحَى • (ʾaḍḥā) IV, non-past يُضْحِي‎‎ (yuḍḥī)

  1. (copulative) to become
  2. to make visible
  3. to set out (to do something), to commence (doing something)
Conjugation
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