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شَهِد
to witness /ˈʃa.hi.da/
verbB1#2206 most common
Also: to testify, to attest, to be present at
Example sentences
شَهِدَ الحادِث.
He witnessed the accident.
شَهِدَتْ أُمّي المُباراة.
My mother watched the match.
شَهِدَ الشاهِدُ أمامَ القاضي.
The witness testified before the judge.
شَهِدْتُ على صِحّةِ كلامِه.
I attested to the truth of his words.
شَهِدَتِ المدينةُ نُمُوًّا سريعًا هذا العام.
The city witnessed rapid growth this year.
مَن شَهِدَ زُورًا فقد ظَلَمَ نفسَه قبلَ غيرِه.
Whoever bears false witness has wronged himself before others.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَشْهَدُ | شَهِدْتُ | سَأَشْهَدُ |
| 2sg | تَشْهَدُ | شَهِدْتَ | سَتَشْهَدُ |
| 3sg | يَشْهَدُ | شَهِدَ | سَيَشْهَدُ |
| 1pl | نَشْهَدُ | شَهِدْنا | سَنَشْهَدُ |
| 2pl | تَشْهَدُونَ | شَهِدْتُمْ | سَتَشْهَدُونَ |
| 3pl | يَشْهَدُونَ | شَهِدُوا | سَيَشْهَدُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root sh-h-d, tied to the ideas of presence, seeing, and giving testimony. In Arabic it spread from the sense of being present at an event to the legal sense of testifying to it. The same root gives the noun shahid, meaning both witness and martyr.
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