استحمى

See also: أستحمى‎

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /is.ta.ħam.ma/

Verb

استحمّى • (istaḥamma) (perfect, imperfect يستحمّى‎ (yistaḥamma), verb form X)

  1. (intransitive) to bathe, to have a bath
  2. (intransitive, euphemistic) to have sexual intercourse
  3. (intransitive) to bathe, to go for a swim

References
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986), “استحمّى”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 227
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895), “حمى”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 153
  • El Dik, Dina; Iskander, Emad (2021) Yalla! Let's Learn Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Verbs, Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page XII
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