أساء

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See also: أشاء

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
س و ء (s w ʔ)
9 terms

Compare سُوء (sūʔ, evil, harm).

Verb

أَسَاءَ (ʔasāʔa) IV (non-past يُسِيءُ (yusīʔu), verbal noun إِسَاءَة (ʔisāʔa))

  1. (intransitive) to do bad, to do wrong, to act badly, to act wrong
  2. to harm, to mistreat
    أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ سَعْدٌ بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ أَسَأْتَ إِلَيْهِ
    ʔaḥsana ʔilayka saʕdun baynamā ʔanta ʔasaʔta ʔilayhi
    Saad treated you well, whereas you treated him badly
  3. (transitive) to misunderstand (a statement, a remark))
    أَسَاءَ الْفَهْمَ
    ʔasāʔa l-fahma
    He misunderstood
  4. (transitive) to do badly, to do wrong, to mishandle
    أَسَاءَ ٱسْتِعْمَالَ السِّكِّينِ فَجُرِحَ.
    ʔasāʔa stiʕmāla s-sikkīni fajuriḥa.
    He mishandled the knife and injured himself.
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Etymology 2

Verb

'أساء' is not any of the forms of the form-I verb 'سَاءَ'