Arabic vocabulary
اِسْتَحْيَيْتُI felt ashamed
How to say “I felt ashamed” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَقَدْ اِسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ مَا أَسْأَلُهُ
And indeed I felt ashamed before Allah because of how often I asked Him.
اِسْتَحْيَيْتُ — I felt ashamed. A past-tense verb 'felt shy/ashamed' with an 'I' ending fused on, so the word alone is 'I was ashamed'. The reflexive shape of the verb conveys an inward emotional state directed back at the speaker.
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