Arabic edit

Root
ع و ن (ʕ-w-n)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

اِسْتَعَانَ (istaʕāna) X, non-past يَسْتَعِينُ‎ (yastaʕīnu)

  1. to ask or to call for help
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 1:5:
      إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ ‌وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
      ʔiyyāka naʕbudu -waʔiyyāka nastaʕīnu
      You (alone) we worship, and You (alone) we ask for help.

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Maltese: stgħan

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عون”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN