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إِعْطاء
giving (the act of giving) /ʔiʕˈtˤaːʔ/
nounA2#1154 most common
Also: granting, administration (of a dose), donation
Example sentences
إعطاءُ الهدايا يُسعِد الأطفال.
Giving gifts makes children happy.
يجب إعطاء الدواء بعد الأكل.
The medicine must be given after eating.
طلب المعلّم إعطاء كلّ طالب فرصةً للكلام.
The teacher asked that every student be given a chance to speak.
قرّر المجلس إعطاء الأولوية للمشاريع الصغيرة.
The council decided to give priority to small projects.
إنّ إعطاء الوعود دون الوفاء بها يُفقِد الإنسانَ ثقةَ الآخرين.
Giving promises without keeping them makes a person lose the trust of others.
يرى الاقتصاديّون أنّ إعطاء الدعم الحكوميّ للصناعات الناشئة قد يشوّه المنافسة على المدى الطويل.
Economists hold that giving government support to emerging industries may distort competition over the long term.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِعْطاءٌ | إِعْطاءاتٌ |
| Genitive | إِعْطاءٍ | إِعْطاءاتٍ |
| Accusative | إِعْطاءً | إِعْطاءاتٍ |
| Vocative | إِعْطاءُ | إِعْطاءاتُ |
Word family
أَعْطَىto give
عَطاءgift, donation, giving
عَطِيّةpresent, gift
مُعْطٍgiver, donor
تَعاطَىto take, to deal withEtymology
إعطاء is the verbal noun of أعطى, the Form IV verb meaning to give. It is built on the triliteral root ع-ط-و, which carries the sense of handing over or granting. The final weak radical surfaces as a hamza, yielding the إِفْعال pattern. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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