استضعف

Arabic

Verb

اِسْتَضْعَفَ (istaḍʿafa) X, non-past يَسْتَضْعِفُ‎ (yastaḍʿifu)

  1. to find weak
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:150:
      قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِي
      qāla bna ʾumma ʾinna l-qawma staḍʿafūnī
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  2. to oppress
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:4:
      إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَائِفَةً مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيِي نِسَاءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
      ʾinna firʿawna ʿalā fī l-ʾarḍi wajaʿala ʾahlahā šiyaʿan yastaḍʿifu ṭāʾifatan mminhum yuḏabbiḥu ʾabnāʾahum wayastaḥyī nisāʾahum ʾinnahū kāna mina l-mufsidīna
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Conjugation

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