احتسى

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح س ي‎ (ḥ-s-y)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iħ.ta.saː/

Verb

اِحْتَسَى • (iḥtasā) VIII, non-past يَحْتَسِي‎‎ (yaḥtasī)

  1. to sip, to drink in small amounts
    ‏اِحْتَسَيْتُ شَايًا مَغْرِبِيًّا بِٱلنَّعْنَاعِ‎ ― iḥtasaytu šāyan maḡribiyyan bi-n-naʿnāʿi ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (birds) to drink
    ‏ذَانِكَ ٱلطَّائِرَانِ ٱحْتَسَيَا ٱلْمَاءَ بِمِنْقَارَيْهِمَا‎ ― ḏānika ṭ-ṭāʾirāni ḥtasayā l-māʾa biminqārayhimā ― Those two birds drank the water with their beaks.

Conjugation

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