Arabic word sheet
آتَى
to give
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ء ت ي
Meaning and usage
to give
To hand a thing or some property to someone. Turned the other way round, it is also said of the one who receives it.
آتَى الْمُعَلِّمُ الطَّالِبَ كِتَابًا.
The teacher gave the student a book.
to bring
To make a thing come to someone, to carry it to him. This is the first sense, from which that of giving comes.
آتَى سَامِي الْجَارَ مَاءً بَارِدًا.
Sami brought the neighbour cold water.
Word family
What the root means ء ت ي
The root carries the idea of coming. This verb means making a thing come to someone, hence giving; the family also includes coming and the act of giving.
giving
إِيتَاءٌ
to come
Synonyms
to give
أَعْطَى
It is the ordinary word for giving in every register, whereas the headword is more elevated and older.
to drive, to convey
سَاقَ
It stresses the way the thing is moved along towards someone, not the fact that it is given to him.
Opposites
to take
to withhold
مَنَعَ