📝 Word of the day (5)
11 September 2020 • 3.0K views
ٱصْطَلَى [يَصْطَلِي - ٱصْطِلَاءً]
(يقال ٱصْطَلَى النّارَ أو بِها)
[verb] - to warm oneself
Synonym: ٱسْتَدْفَأَ
Example sentence 1⃣ (from Qur'ān)
{إِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهۡلِهِۦٓ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسۡتُ نَارًا سَئَاتِيكُم مِّنۡهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوۡ ءَاتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَصۡطَلُونَ}
“˹Remember˺ when Moses said to his family, “I have spotted a fire. I will either bring you some directions from there, or a burning torch so you may warm yourselves.” [Sūrah Naml: 7]
Example sentence 2⃣:
جَلَسَ يَصْطَلِي فِي لَيَالِي ٱلشِّتَاءِ نَارَ ٱلمِدْفَأَةِ.
He sat warming himself by the fireplace during the winter nights.
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Other meanings:
ٱمْرُؤٌ لاَ يُصْطَلى بِنارِهِ
[لاَ يَنْبَغي الاقْتِرابُ مِنْهُ أَوِ الاحْتِكاكُ بِهِ لِشَجاعَتِهِ]
1⃣. He's not one to mess with.
ٱصْطَلَى بِٱلْأمرِ
[عانى شدّتَه]
2⃣. He struggled with the matter.