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فات
to pass, go by; to miss (out on) /ˈfaːt/
verbA2#1130 most common
Also: to elapse, run out (of time), to escape, slip away, to be too late for
Example sentences
فاتَ الوَقتُ.
Time has passed. (Time is up.)
فاتَني القِطارُ.
I missed the train.
لا تَقلَق، لم يَفُتْكَ شيءٌ كثير.
Don't worry, you haven't missed much.
فاتَتْها فُرصةٌ ذَهَبيّةٌ للسَفَرِ إلى الخارِج.
She missed a golden chance to travel abroad.
لو لم تَتأخَّر، لَما فاتَكَ الاجتِماعُ المُهِمّ.
If you had not been late, you would not have missed the important meeting.
ما فاتَ ماتَ، فلا فائِدةَ مِنَ النَدَمِ على ما مَضى.
What is past is dead, so there is no use regretting what is gone.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَفوتُ (afūtu) | فُتُّ (futtu) | سَأَفوتُ (sa-afūtu) |
| 2sg | تَفوتُ (tafūtu) | فُتَّ (futta) | سَتَفوتُ (sa-tafūtu) |
| 3sg | يَفوتُ (yafūtu) | فاتَ (fāta) | سَيَفوتُ (sa-yafūtu) |
| 1pl | نَفوتُ (nafūtu) | فُتْنا (futnā) | سَنَفوتُ (sa-nafūtu) |
| 2pl | تَفوتونَ (tafūtūna) | فُتُّمْ (futtum) | سَتَفوتونَ (sa-tafūtūna) |
| 3pl | يَفوتونَ (yafūtūna) | فاتوا (fātū) | سَيَفوتونَ (sa-yafūtūna) |
Word family
فَوَّتَ (fawwata)to cause to miss, to forfeit
تَفاوُت (tafāwut)disparity, discrepancy
فائِت (fāʾit)past, elapsed, bygone
فَوات (fawāt)lapse, expiry
مُتَفاوِت (mutafāwit)varying, uneven
Etymology
فات comes from the triliteral Semitic root ف-و-ت (f-w-t), which carries the idea of passing by, slipping away, and being missed. The middle radical و makes this a hollow verb, so its vowel shifts across the different forms. The same root extends to ideas of gaps and difference, as in تفاوت (disparity).
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