أعطى: difference between revisions

See also: أعطي, أغطى, and أغطي

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ط و (ʕ-ṭ-w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaʕ.tˤaː/

• Audio:

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Verb

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)

Derived terms

• فَاقِدُ الشَّيْءِ لَا يُعْطِيهِ (fāqidu š-šayʔi lā yuʕṭīhi, proverb)

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

• IPA^(key): /ʔaʕ.tˤa/, [ˈʔaʕ.tˤɑ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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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)