تأبط

Denominal verb of إِبْط (ʔibṭ, “armpit”).

• IPA^(key): /ta.ʔab.ba.tˤa/

تَأَبَّطَ • (taʔabbaṭa) V (non-past يَتَأَبَّطُ (yataʔabbaṭu), verbal noun تَأَبُّط (taʔabbuṭ)) (transitive)

1. to take under one's arms
   • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 124:

     وَبِشَكْلٍ مَا كُنْتُ مُدْمِنًا كَبِيرًا عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ ٱلصُّحُفِ، وَلَا أَرْتَاحُ نَفْسِيًّا حَتَى أَتَأَبَّطُ عَشْرًا مِنْهَا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ

     wabišaklin mā kuntu mudminan kabīran ʕalā qirāʔati ṣ-ṣuḥufi, walā ʔartāḥu nafsiyyan ḥatā ʔataʔabbaṭu ʕašran minhā ʔaw ʔakṯara

     I was kind of obsessed with reading the newspaper, and had no mental rest until I took ten or more under my arms.

2. (figuratively) to embrace, to nurture