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أَتَى
to come /ʔaˈtaː/
verbA1#121 most common
Also: to arrive, to bring (with بـ), to do or commit (an act)
Example sentences
أَتَى أَبِي.
My father came.
أَتَى الضَّيْفُ فِي الصَّبَاحِ.
The guest came in the morning.
أَتَتْ سَلْمَى مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَمْسِ.
Salma came from the city yesterday.
سَيَأْتِي الْمُدِيرُ غَدًا لِيُنَاقِشَ الْمَشْرُوعَ.
The manager will come tomorrow to discuss the project.
لَمْ يَأْتِ أَحَدٌ إِلَى الِاجْتِمَاعِ بِسَبَبِ الْمَطَرِ.
No one came to the meeting because of the rain.
مَنْ أَتَى الْأَمْرَ مِنْ غَيْرِ بَابِهِ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ.
Whoever approaches a matter from other than its proper door strays from its path.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | آتِي | أَتَيْتُ | سَآتِي |
| 2sg | تَأْتِي | أَتَيْتَ | سَتَأْتِي |
| 3sg | يَأْتِي | أَتَى | سَيَأْتِي |
| 1pl | نَأْتِي | أَتَيْنَا | سَنَأْتِي |
| 2pl | تَأْتُونَ | أَتَيْتُمْ | سَتَأْتُونَ |
| 3pl | يَأْتُونَ | أَتَوْا | سَيَأْتُونَ |
Word family
إِتْيَانcoming, arrival
آتٍcoming, next
آتَىto give, to grant
مَأْتًىapproach, point of access
Etymology
أَتَى comes from the Semitic root ʾ-t-y, meaning to come or arrive. The root is old and widespread across the Semitic family. In Arabic it is a defective verb because its final letter is a weak yāʾ, which drops or shifts in many forms.
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