أبطأ

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ب ط ء (b ṭ ʔ)
7 terms

Verb

أَبْطَأَ (ʔabṭaʔa) IV (non-past يُبْطِئُ (yubṭiʔu), verbal noun إِبْطَاء (ʔibṭāʔ))

  1. to delay; to be slow
    لَا تُبْطِئْ فِي الرَّدِّ عَلَى رِسَالَتِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ.
    lā tubṭiʔ fī r-raddi ʕalā risālatī min faḍlika.
    Don't delay answering my letter, please.
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Root
ب ط ء (b ṭ ʔ)
7 terms

Elative of بَطِيء (baṭīʔ, slow).

Adjective

أَبْطَأ (ʔabṭaʔ) (feminine بُطْأَى (buṭʔā))

  1. elative degree of بَطِيء (baṭīʔ):
    1. slower; slowest
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بطؤ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 1.3

Verb

أبطأ (form II)

  1. أُبَطَّأُ (ʔubaṭṭaʔu) /ʔu.batˤ.tˤa.ʔu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of بَطَّأَ (baṭṭaʔa)
  2. أُبَطَّأَ (ʔubaṭṭaʔa) /ʔu.batˤ.tˤa.ʔa/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of بَطَّأَ (baṭṭaʔa)
  3. أُبَطَّأْ (ʔubaṭṭaʔ) /ʔu.batˤ.tˤaʔ/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of بَطَّأَ (baṭṭaʔa)