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خَطَّط
to plan /ˈxatˤ.tˤa.tˤa/
verbA2#911 most common
Also: to map out, to draw up plans for, to plot or scheme
Example sentences
خَطَّطْتُ لِيَوْمِي.
I planned my day.
خَطَّطَتْ لِلْحَفْلَةِ بِعِنَايَةٍ.
She planned the party carefully.
خَطَّطْنَا لِلسَّفَرِ إِلَى مِصْرَ فِي الصَّيْفِ.
We planned to travel to Egypt in the summer.
خَطَّطَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ لِتَوْسِيعِ أَعْمَالِهَا فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ الْآسْيَوِيَّةِ.
The company planned to expand its business in Asian markets.
خَطَّطَ الْمُهَنْدِسُونَ لِلْمَشْرُوعِ بِدِقَّةٍ مُتَنَاهِيَةٍ قَبْلَ بَدْءِ التَّنْفِيذِ.
The engineers planned the project with extreme precision before execution began.
لَوْ خَطَّطَتِ الْحُكُومَةُ لِلْأَزْمَةِ مُبَكِّرًا، لَمَا تَفَاقَمَتْ عَوَاقِبُهَا الِاقْتِصَادِيَّةُ.
Had the government planned for the crisis early, its economic consequences would not have worsened.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُخَطِّطُ | خَطَّطْتُ | سَأُخَطِّطُ |
| 2sg | تُخَطِّطُ | خَطَّطْتَ | سَتُخَطِّطُ |
| 3sg | يُخَطِّطُ | خَطَّطَ | سَيُخَطِّطُ |
| 1pl | نُخَطِّطُ | خَطَّطْنَا | سَنُخَطِّطُ |
| 2pl | تُخَطِّطُونَ | خَطَّطْتُمْ | سَتُخَطِّطُونَ |
| 3pl | يُخَطِّطُونَ | خَطَّطُوا | سَيُخَطِّطُونَ |
Word family
تَخْطِيطplanning
مُخَطِّطplanner
مُخَطَّطplan, diagram; striped
خَطّline; handwritingخَطَّاطcalligrapher
Etymology
خَطَّط comes from the triliteral root خ-ط-ط, which carries the idea of a line or stroke. The base noun خَطّ means 'line' or 'handwriting.' In Form II, which doubles the middle radical and often adds intensive or causative force, the verb moves from 'mark with lines' to 'lay out, plan.' A planner, in this image, draws the lines of a future course.
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