استسقى

See also: استسقي and أستسقي

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ق ي (s-q-y).

Verb

اِسْتَسْقَى (istasqā) X, non-past يَسْتَسْقِي‎ (yastasqī)

  1. to ask to give drink
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:160:
      وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى إِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَاهُ قَوْمُهُ أَنِ ٱضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَ
      waʾawḥaynā ʾilā mūsā ʾiḏi stasqāhu qawmuhu ʾani ḍrib biʿaṣāka l-ḥajara
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  2. to ask or pray for rain

Conjugation

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