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Kalimāt: Arabic for Islamic and Arabic Studies

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English: Arabic (vocalized/unvocalized):
to live in one place, settle

استوطن، يستوطن، استيطانا (ه)‏

اِسْتَوطَنَ، يَسْتَوطِنُ، اِسْتيطاناً (هُ)‏

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Categories:
Knowledge: active
Frequency: 1
Part of speech: verb
Morphological category: verb
Morph. pattern: اِسْتَفْعَلَ
Form: X
Root: وطن
Subject: Earth, Economy and finance, History, Society, Military, City and architecture, Animals and plants

Sample sentences:

تَسْتَوطِنُ الجِمالُ ذاتُ السَّنامَينِ أَواسِطَ آسْيا.

اِسْتَوطَنَ الفينيقيُّونَ جَزيرَتَي مالطةَ وَجوزو (Gozo) قَبْلَ القَرْنِ الثَّامِنِ ما قَبْلَ الميلادِ.