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أَخَذ
to take (he took) /ˈʔa.xa.ða/
verbA1#95 most common
Also: to seize, to grab, to receive
Example sentences
أَخَذَ الكِتابَ.
He took the book.
أَخَذْتُ القَلَمَ مِنَ الطّاوِلةِ.
I took the pen from the table.
أَخَذَتْ أُختي حَقيبَتَها وَخَرَجَتْ.
My sister took her bag and left.
أَخَذْنا بِنَصيحَةِ المُعَلِّمِ قَبْلَ الامْتِحانِ.
We followed the teacher's advice before the exam.
أَخَذَ المُديرُ على عاتِقِهِ مَسؤولِيَّةَ المَشروعِ كامِلَةً.
The manager took full responsibility for the project upon himself.
أَخَذَتْهُ العِزَّةُ بِالإثْمِ فَأَبى أَنْ يَعْتَذِرَ.
False pride drove him into sin, so he refused to apologize.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | آخُذُ | أَخَذْتُ | سَآخُذُ |
| 2sg | تَأْخُذُ | أَخَذْتَ | سَتَأْخُذُ |
| 3sg | يَأْخُذُ | أَخَذَ | سَيَأْخُذُ |
| 1pl | نَأْخُذُ | أَخَذْنا | سَنَأْخُذُ |
| 2pl | تَأْخُذونَ | أَخَذْتُمْ | سَتَأْخُذونَ |
| 3pl | يَأْخُذونَ | أَخَذوا | سَيَأْخُذونَ |
Word family
أَخْذtaking, seizureآخِذone who takes; taker
مَأْخوذtaken; taken aback
اِتَّخَذَto adopt, to take for oneself
مَأْخَذsource; objection, fault
Etymology
The verb comes from the Proto-Semitic root *ʾḫḏ, meaning to take or seize. The same root runs across the Semitic family with little change in sense. In Arabic it became one of the core verbs of possession and action.
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