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أَحاط
to surround /ʔaˈħaː.tˤa/
verbB2#4224 most common
Also: to encircle, to encompass, to be fully aware of (idiomatic: أحاط علماً)
Example sentences
البحر يحيط بالجزيرة.
The sea surrounds the island.
أحاط الجيش بالمدينة.
The army surrounded the city.
تحيط الجبال بالقرية من كل جانب.
Mountains surround the village from every side.
أحطتُ علماً بما حدث في الاجتماع.
I became fully informed about what happened in the meeting.
أحاطت الشرطة بالمبنى قبل اقتحامه.
The police surrounded the building before storming it.
أحاط المحامي موكله علماً بكل التفاصيل القانونية للقضية قبل جلسة المحكمة.
The lawyer fully informed his client of all the legal details of the case before the court session.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُحيط | أَحَطْتُ | سَأُحيط |
| 2sg | تُحيط | أَحَطْتَ | سَتُحيط |
| 3sg | يُحيط | أَحاطَ | سَيُحيط |
| 1pl | نُحيط | أَحَطْنا | سَنُحيط |
| 2pl | تُحيطون | أَحَطْتُم | سَتُحيطون |
| 3pl | يُحيطون | أَحاطوا | سَيُحيطون |
Word family
إحاطةact of surrounding, awareness, briefing
حائطwall
محيطocean, surrounding environment
حاطto guard, watch over (Form I of the same root)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ḥ-w-ṭ, which carries the sense of enclosing or going around something. Classical Arabic built the Form IV verb أحاط on this root to mean causing something to be surrounded on all sides. The same root gives Arabic its word for wall and, later, its word for ocean, since both enclose or are enclosed.
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