Arabic edit

Root
س ق ي (s-q-y)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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
      waʔawḥaynā ʔilā mūsā ʔiḏi stasqāhu qawmuhu ʔani ḍrib biʕaṣāka l-ḥajara
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to ask or pray for rain

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