أخذ

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫaḏ-. Cognate with Hebrew אָחַז (aḥáz), Aramaic ܐܚܕ (ʾeḥaḏ), Sabaean 𐩱𐩭𐩹 (ʾḵḏ).

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.xa.ða/

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أَخَذَ • (ʔaḵaḏa) I (non-past يَأْخُذُ (yaʔḵuḏu), verbal noun أَخْذ (ʔaḵḏ) or مَأْخَذ (maʔḵaḏ))

1. to take
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:154:

     وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَنْ مُوسَى الْغَضَبُ أَخَذَ الأَلْوَاحَ […]

     walammā sakata ʕan mūsā l-ḡaḍabu ʔaḵaḏa l-ʔalwāḥa […]

     When Moses’ anger subsided, he took up the tablets...

2. to take along
3. to get, to receive, to obtain
4. to seize, to grab, to take hold
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:150:

     […] وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُ إِلَيْهِ […]

     […] waʔaḵaḏa biraʔsi ʔaḵīhi yajurruhu ʔilayhi […]

     And he (Moses) threw down the Tablets and seized his brother (Aaron) by his head, pulling him toward him.

5. to capture, to seize, to take captive
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:5:

     فَإِذَا ٱنْسَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ […]

     But once the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists ˹who violated their treaties and fought˺ wherever you find them, capture them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them on every way.

6. to perceive, to notice
7. to gather, to understand, to infer, to deduce
8. to grip, to captivate, to spellbind
9. to keep, to observe, to adopt, to embrace, to follow

   أَخَذَ بِرَأْيِ صَدِيقِهِ

   ʔaḵaḏa biraʔyi ṣadīqihi

   He took his friend's advice.

10. to accept
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:81:

      […] قَالَ أَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمْ إِصْرِي قَالُوا أَقْرَرْنَا […]

      […] qāla ʔaʔaqrartum waʔaḵaḏtum ʕalā ḏālikum ʔiṣrī qālū ʔaqrarnā […]

      said, “Do you affirm and accept upon that My Burden (i.e. Allah’s Covenant)?” They said, “We affirm.”

11. to admonish, to urge, to drive
12. to enjoin, to impose
13. to strip, to deprive, to cut off, to bar
14. to reproach, to blame, to criticize

    أَخَذَ عَلَى الْمُؤَلِّفِ إِهْمَالَهُ المَصَادِرَ

    ʔaḵaḏa ʕalā l-muʔallifi ʔihmālahu l-maṣādira

    The author was reproached for his neglect of the sources.

15. to obligate
16. to learn, to study
17. to begin, to start, to prepare to, to set out to, to be about to, to get ready to (followed by a non-past verb)

    أَخَذْتُ أَبْكِي ― ʔaḵaḏtu ʔabkī ― I began to cry

• Egyptian Arabic: أخد (ʔaḵad), خد (ḵad)
• Gulf Arabic: خذا (ḵaḏa, ḵiḏa)
• Maltese: ħa
• Moroccan Arabic: خاد (ḵād), خدى (ḵdā)

• IPA^(key): /ʔaxð/

أَخْذ • (ʔaḵḏ) m

1. verbal noun of أَخَذَ (ʔaḵaḏa) (form I)
2. acceptance, reception
3. seizure
4. taking away, removal

• Azerbaijani: əxz
• Bengali: আখেজ (akhez)
• Persian: اخذ (axz)
  • Urdu: اخذ (axz)

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

• IPA^(key): /ʔax.xa.ða/

أَخَّذَ • (ʔaḵḵaḏa) II (non-past يُؤَخِّذُ (yuʔaḵḵiḏu), verbal noun تَأْخِيذ (taʔḵīḏ))

1. to put under a spell, to enchant, to bewitch

From Arabic أَخَذَ (ʔaḵaḏa).

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.xad/, /ʔa.xað/

أَخَذ • (ʔakad, ʔaḵað) I (non-past ياخذ (yākud, yāḵuð))

1. to take

From Arabic أَخَذَ (ʔaḵaḏa).

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.xad/,

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أخذ • (ʔaḵad) I (present بياخد (byāḵod) or بوخد (bōḵed), active participle ماخد (māḵed))

1. to take

   إمّي أخدت معها الأكل لستّي.

   ʔimmi ʔaḵdat maʕha il-ʔakl la-sitti

   My mother took the food for my grandmother with her.

   لازم ناخد تكسي لأنّه السيّارة مع مرتي

   lāzem nāḵod taksi laʔinno is-sayyāra maʕ marti

   We have to take a taxi because my wife has the car.

   خد شمال من الإشارة وبعدين ضلّ دغري.

   ḵod šmāl min il-ʔišāra w-baʕdēn ḍall duḡri

   Take a left at the traffic light (lit. signal), then keep (going) straight.

   برافو حبيبتي، أخدتي القرار الصحّ.

   brāvo ḥabībti, ʔaḵadti il-qarār iṣ-ṣaḥḥ

   Bravo my dear, you made (lit. took) the right decision.

2. to get

   أحمد أخد الكتاب من صاحبه.

   ʔaḥmad ʔaḵad li-ktāb min ṣāḥbo

   Ahmad got the book from his friend.

• بياخد (byāḵod) is more widely understood, as it is also used in North Levantine and Egyptian dialects, while بوخد (bōḵed) is typically South Levantine. This feature is shared with the verb أكل (ʔakal).