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أعطى

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See also: أعطي, أغطى, and أغطي

Arabic

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.tˤaː/
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Verb

أَعْطَى (ʔaʕṭā) IV (non-past يُعْطِي (yuʕṭī), verbal noun إِعْطَاء (ʔiʕṭāʔ) or عَطَاء (ʕaṭāʔ))

  1. (ditransitive) to give
    Synonym: آتَى (ʔātā)
    أَعْطِنِي قَهْوَةً أُخْرَى، مِنْ فَضْلِكَ.
    ʔaʕṭinī qahwatan ʔuḵrā, min faḍlika.
    Give me another coffee, please.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 108:1:
      إِنَّا أَعۡطَيْنَـٰكَ ٱلْكَوۡثَرَ
      ʔinnā ʔaʕṭaynāka l-kawṯara
      Indeed, We have granted you ˹O Prophet˺ abundant goodness.

Conjugation

More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

Derived terms

  • فَاقِدُ الشَّيْءِ لَا يُعْطِيهِ (fāqidu š-šayʔi lā yuʕṭīhi, proverb)

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: عطى (ʕaṭa)
  • Maltese: ta
  • Moroccan Arabic: عطى (ʕṭā)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “عطو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَعْطَى (ʔaʕṭā).

Pronunciation

Verb

أعطى (ʔaʕṭa) IV (present بيعطي (byaʕṭi), subjunctive يعطي (yaʕṭi))

  1. to give

Usage notes

  • This verb takes the vowel “a” in the non-past prefixes, which is atypical.
  • There is a special imperative form هات (hāt) that is synonymous to أعطي (ʔaʕṭi).

Conjugation

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