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explain in Somali

sharax[1][3]

To explain or make something clear

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Reviewed August 24, 2026Review record: Codex source audit

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Translation

Somali meanings

sharax[1][3]

To explain or make something clear

qeex[2]

To analyze, explain, make clear, or define

Useful combinations

Common phrases with explain

explain

sharax[1]

explained

sharaxay[1]

explanation

sharaxaad[1]

Real usage

Example sentences

Explain why it is like that.

grammar text example

Sharax waxa ay sidaasi u tahay.[3]

Explain this.

short instruction

Tan sharax.[1]

The explanation is clear.

using the noun explanation

Sharaxaadu waa cad tahay.[1]

Grammar

Grammar notes

Several explain verbs

Use sharax for the everyday verb explain. Zorc's finder list also gives qeex, bayaani, fasir, and caddee for explain-related meanings such as define, clarify, interpret, or make explicit.[1][2][3]

Questions

Questions about explain in Somali

How do you say explain in Somali?

Explain is sharax in Somali. For more formal senses such as define or clarify, Zorc's finder list also gives qeex, bayaani, fasir, and caddee.

Evidence

References checked

  1. [1] OpenTran English-Somali Dictionary PDF

    Checked explain as sharax, explained as sharaxay, explains as ayaa sharaxaya, explanation as sharaxaad, this as tan, and clear/evident as cad.

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  2. [2] English to Somali Finder List (R. David Zorc)

    Checked qeex as analyze/explain/make clear/define and bayaani, fasir, and caddee as explain-related verbs.

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  3. [3] Learner's Somali Grammar (Morgan Nilsson, University of Gothenburg)

    Checked the sentence Sharax waxa ay sidaasi u tahay, translated as Explain why it is like that.

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