أفحم

See also: أفخم‎

Arabic
Root
ف ح م‎ (f-ḥ-m)

Verb

أَفْحَمَ • (ʔafḥama) IV, non-past يُفْحِمُ‎‎ (yufḥimu)

  1. to silence (someone) with argument, to render (someone) unable to respond
    • 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Acts of the Apostles, 18:28:
      ‏لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ بِٱشْتِدَادٍ يُفْحِمُ الْيَهُودَ جَهْرًا، مُبَيِّنًا بِالْكُتُبِ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ.‎‎
      liʔannahu kāna bištidādin yufḥimu al-yahūda jahran, mubayyinan bi-l-kutubi ʔanna yasūʕa huwa l-masīḥu.
      For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

Conjugation

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