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أَعْطَى
to give /ˈʔaʕ.tˤaː/
verbA1#175 most common
Also: to grant, to hand over, to provide
Example sentences
أَعْطَى الْمُعَلِّمُ الطَّالِبَ كِتَابًا.
The teacher gave the student a book.
أَعْطَتْنِي أُمِّي بَعْضَ النُّقُودِ لِأَشْتَرِيَ الْخُبْزَ.
My mother gave me some money to buy bread.
أَعْطَى الطَّبِيبُ الْمَرِيضَ دَوَاءً جَدِيدًا لِيُخَفِّفَ الْأَلَمَ.
The doctor gave the patient a new medicine to ease the pain.
أَعْطَتِ الْحُكُومَةُ الشَّرِكَاتِ الصَّغِيرَةَ قُرُوضًا لِدَعْمِ الِاقْتِصَادِ.
The government gave small companies loans to support the economy.
لَمْ يُعْطِ الْمُدِيرُ أَيَّ تَفْسِيرٍ مُقْنِعٍ لِقَرَارِهِ الْمُفَاجِئِ بِإِغْلَاقِ الْمَصْنَعِ.
The manager did not give any convincing explanation for his sudden decision to close the factory.
أَعْطَى الْكَاتِبُ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ الْأَخِيرَةِ صُورَةً دَقِيقَةً عَنِ الْحَيَاةِ فِي الْأَرْيَافِ، وَكَأَنَّهُ يَمْنَحُ الْقَارِئَ نَافِذَةً عَلَى عَالَمٍ مَنْسِيٍّ.
In his latest novel the writer gave a precise picture of country life, as if granting the reader a window onto a forgotten world.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُعْطِي | أَعْطَيْتُ | سَأُعْطِي |
| 2sg | تُعْطِي | أَعْطَيْتَ | سَتُعْطِي |
| 3sg | يُعْطِي | أَعْطَى | سَيُعْطِي |
| 1pl | نُعْطِي | أَعْطَيْنَا | سَنُعْطِي |
| 2pl | تُعْطُونَ | أَعْطَيْتُمْ | سَتُعْطُونَ |
| 3pl | يُعْطُونَ | أَعْطَوْا | سَيُعْطُونَ |
Word family
عَطاءgift, giving, generosity
عَطِيَّةpresent, gift
إِعْطاءthe act of giving (verbal noun)مُعْطٍgiver, donor
مُعْطَياتdata, givens
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral root ع-ط-و (ʿ-ṭ-w), which carries the sense of handing over or granting. أَعْطَى is the Form IV (causative) derivation and the standard verb for 'to give' in Modern Standard Arabic. The related noun عَطاء means 'gift' or 'giving.'
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