أعطى

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See also: أعطي, أغطى, and أغطي

Arabic

Root
ع ط و (ʕ ṭ w)
10 terms

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 أُخْرَىٰ، مِن فَضْلِكَ.ʾaʿṭi-nī qahwatan ʾuḵrā, min faḍlika.Give me another coffee, please. (to a man)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ط و
1 term

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

    Conjugation of أعطى (ʔaʕṭa)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أعطيت (ʔaʕṭēt) أعطيت (ʔaʕṭēt) أعطى (ʔaʕṭa) أعطينا (ʔaʕṭēna) أعطيتو (ʔaʕṭētu) أعطو (ʔaʕṭu)
f أعطيتي (ʔaʕṭēti) أعطت (ʔaʕṭat)
present m بعطي (baʕṭi) بتعطي (btaʕṭi) بيعطي (byaʕṭi) منعطي (mnaʕṭi) بتعطو (btaʕṭu) بيعطو (byaʕṭu)
f بتعطي (btaʕṭi) بتعطي (btaʕṭi)
subjunctive m اعطي (aʕṭi) تعطي (taʕṭi) يعطي (yaʕṭi) نعطي (naʕṭi) تعطو (taʕṭu) يعطو (yaʕṭu)
f تعطي (taʕṭi) تعطي (taʕṭi)
imperative m اعطي (aʕṭi) اعطو (aʕṭu)
f اعطي (aʕṭi)