Learn Arabic › A2 › أَدَّى
أَدَّى
to carry out, perform /ʔadˈdaː/
verbA2#758 most common
Also: to fulfill (a duty), to lead to, result in, to pay (a debt)
Example sentences
هُوَ أَدَّى عَمَلَهُ.
He did his work.
أَدَّتِ الطَّالِبَةُ الِامْتِحَانَ.
The student sat the exam.
أَدَّى المُسْلِمُونَ صَلَاةَ الفَجْرِ فِي المَسْجِدِ.
The Muslims performed the dawn prayer at the mosque.
أَدَّى الإِهْمَالُ إِلَى وُقُوعِ الحَادِثِ.
Negligence led to the accident.
أَدَّى الفَرِيقُ دَوْرَهُ بِامْتِيَازٍ خِلَالَ المُبَارَاةِ.
The team performed its part excellently during the match.
أَدَّتِ السِّيَاسَاتُ الاقْتِصَادِيَّةُ المُتَهَوِّرَةُ إِلَى انْهِيَارِ العُمْلَةِ الوَطَنِيَّةِ.
The reckless economic policies led to the collapse of the national currency.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُؤَدِّي | أَدَّيْتُ | سَأُؤَدِّي |
| 2sg | تُؤَدِّي | أَدَّيْتَ | سَتُؤَدِّي |
| 3sg | يُؤَدِّي | أَدَّى | سَيُؤَدِّي |
| 1pl | نُؤَدِّي | أَدَّيْنَا | سَنُؤَدِّي |
| 2pl | تُؤَدُّونَ | أَدَّيْتُمْ | سَتُؤَدُّونَ |
| 3pl | يُؤَدُّونَ | أَدَّوْا | سَيُؤَدُّونَ |
Word family
أَدَاءperformance, payment
تَأْدِيةrendering, carrying out
مُؤَدّيperformer, one who carries out
مُؤَدّىpurport, the sense conveyed
Etymology
أَدَّى is the Form II (faʿʿala) verb built on the triliteral root أ-د-ي, whose base sense is to deliver, discharge, or pay something to its proper place. The doubled middle radical gives the transitive reading: to make a duty or task reach completion. From the same root come the nouns أَدَاء (performance, payment) and تَأْدِية (rendering, carrying out). The frequent construction أَدَّى إِلَى extends the literal sense of delivery into the figurative one of leading to a result.
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