اختار

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Arabic

Root
خ ي ر (ḵ-y-r)

Pronunciation

Verb

اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra) VIII, non-past يَخْتَارُ‎ (yaḵtāru)

  1. (transitive) to choose, to make one’s choice
  2. (transitive) to select, to elect, to pick
    Synonym: اِصْطَفَى (iṣṭafā)

Conjugation

Moroccan Arabic

Root
خ ي ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xtaːr/
  • (file)

Verb

اختار (ḵtār) VIII (non-past يختار (yiḵtār), verbal noun اختيار (ḵtiyār), active participle مختار (miḵtār))

  1. to choose
    Synonym: عزل (ʕzal)
  2. to select
    Synonym: عزل (ʕzal)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ي ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra).

Pronunciation

Verb

اختار (iḵtār) VIII (present بختار (biḵtār), passive participle مختار (muḵtār))

  1. to choose
    Synonym: نقّى (naʔʔa)
    تطلّع على كلّ أنواع هالبوظةمش عارف شو بدّي أختار.
    itṭallaʕ ʕala kull ʔanwāʕ hāl-būẓa — miš ʕāref šu biddi ʔaḵtār
    Look at all these ice cream flavors — I don't know what to choose.
    إذا اخترتو تروحو على هالرحلة هادا إشي برجعلكم.
    ʔiza iḵtartu trūḥu ʕala hāl-raḥle hāda ʔiši birjaʕ-ilkom
    If you choose to go on the trip, that's up to you.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of اختار (iḵtār)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m اخترت (iḵtart) اخترت (iḵtart) اختار (iḵtār) اخترنا (iḵtarna) اخترتو (iḵtartu) اختارو (iḵtāru)
f اخترتي (iḵtarti) اختارت (iḵtārat)
present m بختار (baḵtār) بتختار (btiḵtār) بختار (biḵtār) منختار (mniḵtār) بتختارو (btiḵtāru) بختارو (biḵtāru)
f بتختاري (btiḵtāri) بتختار (btiḵtār)
subjunctive m أختار (ʔaḵtār) تختار (tiḵtār) يختار (yiḵtār) نختار (niḵtār) تختارو (tiḵtāru) يختارو (yiḵtāru)
f تختاري (tiḵtāri) تختار (tiḵtār)
imperative m اختار (iḵtār) اختارو (iḵtāru)
f اختاري (iḵtāri)